Academia is an English-medium school in Dhaka with multiple campuses in the city. It has campuses in Lalmatia, Dhanmondi, Mirpur, Gulshan, Uttara, Malibag, Wari and Banasree. It was established in 2002. The primary language of instruction is English. It offers classes from Playgroup to A-Levels (12). The school follows both Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) & Pearson Edexcel Curriculum.
Thousands of students appear for their O and A level examinations through Academia each year. Academia hosts a yearly ceremony to recognize their high achievers in O and A levels and has boasted a few hundred recipients in the past few years.
Academia is well known for its prowess in English Debating: between 2015 and 2017, Academia Debate Club (ADC) won all 3 national championships, ranking as the best in Bangladesh. In addition, Academia students have represented Bangladesh at the World Schools Debating Championship in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. Besides, Academia students have justified why they are amongst the top English Medium Schools in Bangladesh by winning a plethora of other debate and public speaking competitions over the years, one of the most notable being IUB AscensionâÂÂan international tournament held in Dhaka in 2019. In the process, they faced teams from IBA-DU, University of Oxford, IUT and other notable debating institutions across the world.