The school was founded in the parishad of Karimpur by Professors Dr. Afia Dil and Dr. Aminul Islam (founders) and bears the name of their mother Begum Safura Khatun, who was a primary school teacher in Jinjira, Dhaka. The founders’ father, Mr. Sikander Ali Khan hailed from Narsingdi and served as a jamindar (landowner who leased property to others for agriculture and /or residences.

Born in Karimpur on October 19, 1926, founder Dr. Afia Dil attended the local school and her mother’s greatest wish at the time was that her daughter be allowed to study beyond the school that existed in Karimpur. Her father, noting that she was a good student (she stood first amongst all women in India for her matriculation) made this possible. Dr. Dil ultimately received her B.A. Honours and M. A. degrees in English Literature from the University of Dhaka and Master’s in English and Applied Linguistics from University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stanford University in Stanford, California. She was Professor and Chairperson of the English Department at Eden Girls College (1954-1961). She has taught in various colleges and universities in the United States. At the time of her death in 2016 she was Professor Emeritus at Alliant (former U.S.) International University, San Diego, California where she taught for over 30 years. Over the years she has been an inspiration to multiple generations of students from all over the world. She authored numerous books—on linguistics, culture, literature, and the contemporary history of Bangladesh. She has translated several English classics into Bengali and several contemporary Bengali works into English. The book, Bengali Language Movement to Bangladesh (2000), co-authored with Dr. Anwar Dil, is highly regarded as the most judicious research work on the creation of Bangladesh as a nation-state.

Founder Dr. A.K.M. Aminul Islam was born in Musar Char on Dec 21, 1933. He obtained Masters degrees from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and City College London, England, as well as a PhD in Anthropology from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. In 1968 he joined Wright State University as chair of the Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work. In 1995, Dr. Islam was granted the Trustees Award for Faculty Excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. He was also honored with prestigious Fulbright scholarships twice in his lifetime and presented scholarly papers in more than thirty countries and authored more than 25 books in the fields of cultural anthropology, social sciences and social work in both English and Bengali. His masterpiece "A Bangladesh Village: Conflict and Cohesion" is regarded as a reference book on cultural anthropology throughout the United States and elsewhere and over 30 editions have been published to date.

Returning to her village in the early 2000s, Dr. Afia Dil was noticed that although there was a school that went to the 10th grade in the village, the parents of girls in the village did not want their daughters to attend a co-ed school. In fact, many of these young girls were being married off after the 6th grade. She therefore decided to start a school exclusively for girls.

A part of the land used for the school came from the inheritance of Dr. Afia Dil, Dr. Aminul Islam, and their sister, Mrs. Sharifa Hafeez. In 1957, as a reward for her teaching at Eden Girls College, the government of then East Pakistan, had awarded Dr. Dil a land grant in what is now Dhanmondi, Dhaka. Dr. Dil decided to use the proceeds from development of that land to fund the school.

In July 2003 Dr. Afia Dil laid the foundation stone of the school. The first school buildings consisted of one concrete structure with four rooms and a tin structure with five rooms. In 2006, an additional two story concrete structure with six rooms was built. Starting with a 6th grade class of 60 students in 2003, the school added grades yearly, until by 2008 it covered grades 6-10. It received government grants to fund six teachers and a school head teacher. By 2019 the school had over 600 students and the tin structure had deteriorated. At that time, Mr. Afzal Munir, a member of the community who served as School Committee Chair for many years obtained a Government grant to build a 4 story building with 20 rooms on the school grounds. The building was completed in 2022.

In 2007, Dr. Aminul Islam passed and left a trust fund in support of the school. In 2010 Dr. Afia Dil set up an additional Trust fund. Since Dr. Dil’s death in 2016, her daughters took over management of the trusts and provide additional funding for the school as needed.