| Dawood Public School And College | |
| Native Name: | দাউদ পাবলিক স্কুল এন্ড কলেজ |
| Motto: | উন্নত মম শির |
| Motto Translation: | High is my head |
| Location: | Jessore Cantonment |
| City: | Jessore |
| Postcode: | 7400 |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Coordinates: | 23.1856°N 89.1724°W |
| Type: | Educational institution |
| Established: | 1959 |
| Founder: | Dawood Khan |
| District: | Jessore |
| Authority: | Army Headquarters |
| Principal: | Nazrul Islam |
| Gender: | Mixed-sex |
| Colors: | --> |
| Team Name: | Shahidullah House, Madhusudan House, Nazrul House |
| Publication: | Dawood Prova |
| Medium Of Language: | Bangla |
| School Board: | Cantonment Board, Jessore |
Daud Public School And College (DPSC) (Bengali: দাউদ পাবলিক স্কুল এন্ড কলেজ) is located Jessore Cantonment, Jessore, Bangladesh. This institute is run by Jessore Cantonment Board, under the Directorate of Military Lands and Cantonment, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The school is situated in the center of Jessore Cantonment, situated on 18.71 acres of land. The institute was founded by Dawood Khan, an industrialist of greater Jessore.
On 3 September 1959 the foundation was laid. The building was built with the funding by the Dawood Group, at a cost of six and a half million rupees, hence it was named Dawood Public School after the name of the donor Dawood Khan.
The first class started on 17 June 1961. Prior to independence, this institution was an English medium school and equivalent to the public schools of the then West Pakistan. In early 1959, the initial decision of founding the school was taken. Later on, was made into reality with help of the funding from Dawood Khan. An abandoned go-down used by British airbase during Second World War was selected as the location for the school. Initially, the journey started with 1 office room and 2 classroom rooms. At that time, curriculum prepared by Cambridge University were followed till the eighth grade.[1]
Separation of Nursery And KG section
In the year 1995, the nursery and kindergarten classes were removed and started the journey as separate kindergarten named Poroshmoni Kindergarten (Presently known as Jessore International School)
Separation of College Section
In the year 1983, the college section was moved to new institute called Cantonment College. From that time to up until 2015 the school was known as Daud Public School as the college section was removed.
Reestablishment of the College Section
On 1 July 2015 the authority reestablished the college and it renamed back to its founding name Daud Public School And College. The Education Ministry approved the operation college section on 28 December 2014, and it was renamed back to its previous name on that day.
Group — Science,& Business Studies
Group — Science, Humanities & Business Studies
The institution has three faculties of Science, Humanities and Business studies under the supervision of three separate Course Co-ordinators.
Daud Public School And College is located at Jessore Cantonment.
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| Science | 69 | 69 | 53 | 16 | – | 100% | |
| Humanities | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| B.Studies | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 100% | |
| Total | 80 | 80 | 54 | 23 | 3 | 100% |
| Science | 81 | 81 | 48 | 31 | 2 | 100% | |
| Humanities | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| B.Studies | 10 | 10 | – | 7 | 3 | 100% | |
| Total | 91 | 91 | 48 | 38 | 5 | 100% |
| Total Students | Passed | GPA 5 | GPA 4-5 | GPA-3.5-4 | Pass Rate | ||
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| Science | 84 | 84 | 72 | 12 | – | 100% | |
| Humanities | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| B.Studies | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 100% | |
| Total | 90 | 90 | 73 | 16 | 1 | 100% |