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[name] => Rangpur Carmichael College
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Carmichael College is a part of heritage and history of Uttar Bongo (northern Bangladesh). It is indeed one of the oldest colleges in the country.
Rangpur Carmichael College (রংপুর কারমাইকেল কলেজ) is one of the most prestigious colleges of northern Bangladesh. It has a campus of almost 300 acres and is possibly the largest in the country, in terms of its area. It was established in 1916, with the generous help of several landlords, including Gopal Lal Roy Bahadur, Mohima Ranjan Roy, Babu Monidra Chandra Roy, Radha Ballav Saha and others. It boasts a large lush green campus with several uniquely designed buildings.
The first three colleges of the country were named only after the district headquarters where they were located (Dhaka College, 1841, Chittagong College, 1869, & Rajshahi College, 1873). Similarly this new institution could have been named Rangpur College. However, several institutions that had been founded in the districts of Barisal (Brojo Mohan College, 1884), Sylhet (Murari Chand College, 1892), Pabna (Edward College, 1898), Comilla (Victoria College, 1899), Mymensingh (Ananda Mohan College, 1901) & Khulna (Braja Lal College, 1902) had taken names after their patrons. So when Lord Baron Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael of Skirling, the then First Governor of Bengal, formally inaugurated the institution, it naturally took up the name Rangpur Carmichael College.
From the outset, this was under the governance of Calcutta University, and was only permitted to teach Arts subjects, both at Higher Secondary and Graduation level. Lord Lytton, the Governor of Bengal visited the college in 1922. He was amazed at the beauty of the campus, the fascinating infrastructure, and the quality of education that was being offered here. He immediately permitted the college to begin teaching science subjects. The same year, Calcutta University also permitted the college to begin graduation courses in Bangla, Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Economics & Mathematics. Bachelor of Science degrees were introduced in 1925.
The college currently offers graduation courses in 17 disciplines and post graduation courses in 15 subjects. From the 2011-12 academic year, the college reopened the Higher Secondary courses, having put that on hold for 14 years.
Rangpur Carmichael College was under the purview of Calcutta University till 1947, Dhaka University during 1947-1952, Rajshahi University during 1953-1992, and the National University thereafter.
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BAUET (Bangladesh Army University of Engineering & Technology) is a university operated by the Bangladesh Army. The university is situated in Qadirabad Cantonment, Natore District, in Rajshahi Division. BAUET is located in between Natore to the North, Iswardi and Abdulpur to the South, Bonpara to the East and Bagatipara to the West. Formerly, the place was known as Dayarampur. The Engineering Centre and School of Military Engineering (ECSME) of the Bangladesh Army is located there. Following the establishment of the school, a Cantonment was established there, named after Shaheed Lt Col Abdul Qadir who was martyred in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
All academic programs of BAUET are affiliated with the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). BUP was established as the 30th public university of Bangladesh on 5 Jun 2008. All examinations are conducted as per the schedule approved by the same university. BUP also approves the results and awards certificates to the qualified students. All of the departments in that university offer four-years of undergraduate B.Sc degrees: Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, and Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering.
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[name] => Jahangirnagar University
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[post_content] => Jahangirnagar University is a renowned public university in Bangladesh, located in Savar Upazila, Dhaka. It is the only fully residential university in Bangladesh.
The university stands on the west side of the Asian Highway, popularly known as the Dhaka-Aricha Road, and is 32 kilometers away from the capital. Spread over a land area of 697.56 acres (2.8 km²), the campus surrounded by the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) on the south, and the Savar Cantonment on the northeast, on the north of which is the National Monument (Jatiyo Smriti Soudho) & a large dairy farm on the east. The topography of the land with its gentle rise & plains is shooting to the eye. The water features sprawled around the campus make an excellent habitat for the winter birds that flock in every year in thousands and bird watching here is a favorite pastime for many explorers.
The university was established in 1970 by the government of Pakistan by the Jahangirnagar Muslim University Ordinance, 1970. During the first two years, it operated as a project. Its first Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mafiz Uddin Ahmad (Ph.D in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Chicago) took up office on September 24, 1970. The first group of students, a total of 150, was enrolled in four departments: Economics, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics. Its formal inauguration was delayed until January 12, 1971, when the university was launched by Rear Admiral S. M. Ahsan, the Chancellor. From then to still now 12th January is observed as University day. At the time of starting, its name was Jahangirnagar Muslim University, and the initial plan was to operate this university as like as Aligarh Muslim University. But after the independence of Bangladesh, its name changed as Jahangirnagar University under the act of Jahangirnagar University Act' 1973.
Jahangirnagar University with a dozen residential halls a few more under construction is mandated to provide residential accommodation to each and every students with separate halls for the female students. Each hall has its own administration system headed by a provost and is equipped with facilities like playground, rooms for indoor games, the dining hall etc.
In 2014 the university had a total of 14,500 students, 672 teachers, 206 staffs and 1,200 other employees. There are 35 departments under six faculties.
Jahangirnagar University is culturally vibrant university with number of cultural organizations run by the students and teachers. Some of the well known organizations are-
Jahangirnagr Photographic Society (JPS), Archaeology Debating Club (ADC),Jahangirnagar Theater (TSC),Jahangirnagar Theater (Auditorium), Dhoni, Tori, Jahangirnagar University Debate Organization (JUDO), Jalshiri, Jahangirnagar Cycling Club (JCC), Gitnat, Kal Boishakhi, Jahir Rayhan Chalachitra Sangshad
The university boasts to have the first ever female Vice-Chancellor of any public university in Bangladesh.Dr Farzana Islam, a professor of Anthropology department, was appointed the country’s first-ever female Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University on Sunday, March 2, 2014 for four years.
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Bogra Zilla School (Bengali: বগুড়া জিলা স্কুল) is the oldest high school in the Bogra district of Bangladesh and one of the top-ranked schools in the country. It provides education from class three (Grade-3) to class ten (Grade-10). It was a private English medium school before becoming a public school.
Bogra Zilla School was established in 1853. Babu Bhagabati Charan Ghosh was the first headmaster. It was a private (non-government) school before becoming a public one. It came under governmental management through the efforts of then magistrate and collector Mr. Russell and deputy collector Babu S. Mukharjee. This school observed its 150th anniversary celebration in 2005.
Bogra Zilla School was the second government high school in the Bogra district during British rule. Babu Bhagabati Charan Ghosh was appointed Headmaster of the school and held the post for six years. Bogra's native son Babu Kishoree Lal Roy, who is the author of many philosophical writings, was an early student of this school. In his book Free Enquiry after Truth he wrote, “In 1853 a Government English school was established here and I obtained my entrance into it. My progress in this institution has been remarked by its first and best of its Headmasters that ever were, to have been remarkably rapid. Be it said with deep respect and gratitude that under the judicious tuition of Babu Bhagabati Charan Ghosh I obtained a useful knowledge of the English language within about four years and a half. I have always thought Bhahabati Babu to be one of my greatest benefactors on Earth and will think so for ever also.”
There were four teachers during the period of Bhagabati Babu. According to the National School Committee, the school appears to have beeb founded principally by the sons and relatives of the clerks' officers connected with the Courts. After Bhagabati Babu, A. C. Mukharjee became Headmaster in 1859. During his tenure, two students passed in 2nd division, and one passed in 1st division with scholarship in 1862. Around this time, the practice of giving books as rewards to the students of both Bangla and English schools based on their performance was started.
During the prize-giving ceremony more than a hundred taka used to be spent for fireworks. During 1859–60, the inspector of the schools of the north-east areas and Assam, Mr. W. Robinson, conducted the ceremony. He arranged a demonstration with a magic lantern for their entertainment and showed many interesting and educative events of nature such as the motions of the stars and planets, a solar and lunar eclipse, a cyclone, etc. From 1881 to 1885, a school building was constructed of bricks.
In 1873–74, there were six teachers, one pundit, and one moulavi in the school. There were 85 students in 1860–61. In 1907–08, the number of students was 363. Among them, 218 were Hindus and 145 were Muslims.
The school now has 52 faculty members and 4000 students. The faculty members are graduates from universities in Bangladesh, and student applicants, mostly from top elementary schools, are put through a competitive admission selection process.
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বাংলাদেশের বগুড়া জেলার সবচেয়ে প্রাচীন হাইস্কুল হচ্ছে বগুড়া জেলা স্কুল। এটি দেশের প্রথম সারির অন্যতম একটি স্কুল। এখানে তৃতীয় শ্রেণী থেকে দশম শ্রেণী পর্যন্ত শিক্ষা প্রদান করা হয়। সরকারি স্কুল হওয়ার পূর্বে এটি একটি বেসরকারি ইংরেজি মধ্যম স্কুল ছিল।
১৮৫৩ সালে বগুড়া জেলা স্কুল প্রতিষ্ঠা করা হয়। বাবু ভগবতি চরণ ঘোষ ছিলেন এটির প্রথম প্রধান শিক্ষক। সরকারি স্কুল হওয়ার পূর্বে এটি একটি বেসরকারি স্কুল ছিল। তৎকালীন ম্যাজিসট্রেট এবং কালেক্টর জনাব রাসেল এবং ডেপুটি কালেকটর বাবু এস মুখারজির প্রচেষ্টায় স্কুলটি সরকারি ব্যাবস্থাপনার অধীনে আসে। ২০০৫ সালে স্কুলটি এটির ১৫০ তম প্রতিষ্ঠা বার্ষিকী পালন করে।
ইংরেজ শাসনামলে বগুড়া জেলা স্কুল ছিল বগুড়া জেলায় দ্বিতীয় সরকারি উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়। বাবু ভগবতি চরণ ঘোষকে স্কুলের প্রধান শিক্ষক হিসেবে নিয়োগ করা হয় এবং তিনি এই পদে ছয় বছর স্থায়ী ছিলেন। দর্শন ভিত্তিক অনেক লেখনীর প্রনেতা বগুড়ার সন্তান বাবু কিশোরী লাল রায় এই স্কুলের প্রথমদিকের ছাত্র ছিলেন। তাঁর বই সত্যের জন্য মুক্ত অনুসন্ধানে তিনি লিখেছিলেন “১৮৫৩ সালে এখানে একটি সরকারি ইংরেজি স্কুল প্রতিষ্ঠা করা হয়ে যেখান থেকে আমি এনত্ট্রেন্স পরিক্ষায় উত্তীর্ণ হই।এই স্কুলের প্রথম এবং সর্বকালের সেরা প্রধান শিক্ষকের মতে আমার অগ্রগতি ছিল উল্লেখকরার মত দ্রুত। আমি গভীর শ্রদ্ধা ও কৃতজ্ঞতার সাথে বলতে চাই যে বাবু ভগবতি চরণ ঘোষের শিক্ষায় আমি সাড়ে চার বছরের মধ্যেই ইংরেজি ভাষা সম্পর্কে প্রয়োজনীয় জ্ঞান অর্জন করি। আমি সবসময় ভগবতি বাবুকে পৃথিবীতে আমার সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ হিতকারী হিসেবে মনে করি এবং সবসময়ই করে যাবো”।
ভগবতি বাবুর সময়ে এখানে চারজন শিক্ষক ছিল। ন্যাশনাল স্কুল কমিটি অনুযায়ী আদালতের সাথে সম্পৃক্ত কর্মকর্তা, কর্মচারীদের পুত্র ও আত্মীয় স্বজনরা মূলত স্কুলটি প্রতিষ্ঠা করে। ১৮৫৯ সালে ভগবতি বাবুর পর এ সি মুখারজি স্কুলটির প্রধান শিক্ষক নিযুক্ত হন। তাঁর সময়ে ১৮৬২ সালে দুই জন ছাত্র দ্বিতীয় বিভাগে এবং একজন বৃত্তিসহ প্রথম বিভাগে উত্তীর্ণ হয়। এ সময় থেকেই বাংলা ও ইংরেজি স্কুলে ছাত্রদের নৈপুণ্যের কারনে বই পুরস্কার দেওয়ার রীতি চলে আসছে।
পুরস্কার বিতরণী অনুষ্ঠানের সময় একশতর অধিক টাকা আতশবাজির জন্য ব্যয় করা হত। ১৮৫৯-৬০ সালে উত্তর পূর্ব এলাকা এবং আসামের স্কুল পরিদর্শক জনাব ডব্লিউ রবিনসন পুরস্কার বিতরণী অনুষ্ঠান পরিচালনা করতেন। তিনি আনন্দ দেওয়ার জন্যে জাদুর লন্ঠনের মাধ্যমে জাদুর আয়োজন করতেন এবং প্রকৃতির অনেক শিক্ষণীয় ঘটনা যেমন গ্রহ এবং নক্ষত্রের ঘূর্ণি, সূর্য এবং চন্দ্রগ্রহন, ঘূর্ণিঝড়, ইত্যাদি প্রদর্শন করতেন। ১৮৮১ থেকে ১৮৮৫ সাল পর্যন্ত ইট দিয়ে একটি স্কুল ভবন নির্মাণ করা হয়।
১৮৭৩-৭৪ সালে স্কুলে ছয়জন শিক্ষক, একজন পণ্ডিত এবং একজন মৌলভি ছিলেন। ১৮৬০-৬১ সালে স্কুলে ৮৫ জন ছাত্র ছিল। ১৯০৭-০৮ সালে ছাত্র সংখ্যা ছিল ৩৬৩ যাদের মধ্যে হিন্দু ছিলেন ২১৮ জন আর মুসলমান ছিলেন ১৪৫ জন।
স্কুলটিতে এখন ৫২জন অনুষদ সদস্য এবং ৪০০০ ছাত্র আছে। অনুষদ সদস্যরা বাংলাদেশের বিভিন্ন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের গ্র্যাজুয়েট এবং ছাত্র হিসেবে ভর্তিচ্ছুকরা দেশের শীর্ষস্থানীয় স্কুল থেকে এসে থাকেন যাদের নির্বাচিত হওয়ার জন্যে রীতিমত প্রতিযোগিতামূলক পরিক্ষায় উত্তীর্ণ হতে হয়।
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