Rajshahi Collegiate School Explained
| Rajshahi Collegiate School |
| Native Name: | রাজশাহী কলেজিয়েট স্কুল |
| Language: | Bengali |
| Former Names: | Bawlia English School (1828-1936), Rajshahi Zilla School (1836-1873) |
| Motto: | Bengali: শিক্ষা, স্বাস্থ্য, প্রগতি
(Education, Health, Progress) |
| Headmaster: | Nurjahan Begum |
| Students: | approximately 1800 |
| Teaching Staff: | 47 |
| Classes: | 3rd grade - 12th grade |
| Session: | January - December |
| Schedule: | Morning Shift, Day Shift |
| Location: | Sonadighir More, Boalia |
| Area: | 0.9725 acres |
| Hours In Day: | approximately 4.5 hours |
| School Number: | EIIN:126456 |
| System: | Single-sex education |
| Status: | Active |
| Colors: | White(Shirt & Shoes); Khaki (Pant); Red (Sweater) |
| Free Label 1: | Former pupil(s) |
| Free 1: | Collegiateian(s) |
| Alumni: | Rajshahi Collegiate School Alumni Association |
Rajshahi Collegiate School (Bengali: রাজশাহী কলেজিয়েট স্কুল), a public school for boys located in Boalia Thana in the center of Rajshahi, which is a metropolitan city in northern Bangladesh,[1] is the oldest school in the country.[2]
History
Rajshahi Collegiate School is the oldest educational institution in Rajshahi city. Rajshahi Collegiate School was established in 1828.[3] The school was nationalised by the provincial government of Bengal and was converted into a government zilla (or district) school on 20 June 1836[4]
In 1873 the Zilla School was given the status of an Intermediate College, and F.A. courses were introduced into its curriculum. With further development this college was accorded "first-grade rank" in 1878, which meant that it could teach B.A. courses and be affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Later the college part got separated and named as Rajshahi College.
After completing MA in philosophy from Presidency College, Kolkata in 1895, Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah went on to serve as the first Muslim headmaster of Rajshahi Collegiate School. He was active from 1904 to 1907.
Headmasters
- Sri Sarda Prasad Basu (1836-1844)
- Mr. Riz (1844-1852)
- Sri Haragobinda Sen (1852-1864)
- Sri Jadunath Mukherjee (1864-1870)
- Sri Kalinath Dey (1870-1872)
- Sri Govinda Chandra Maitra (1872-1873)
- Sri Haragobinda Sen (1873-1879)
- Sri Kalikumar Das (1879-1891)
- Sri Loknath Chakraborty (1891-1892)
- Sri Shashi Vushan Sen (1892-1898)
- Sri Joy Gopal Dey (1898-1902)
- Sri Rajendranath Banerjee (1902-1904)
- Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah (1904-1907)
- Sri Brajaballav Dutta (1907-1911)
- Sri Avaycharan Das (1911-1913)
- Sri Chintaharan Chakraborty (1913-1924)
- Sri Dhirendranath Sen (1924-1926)
- Sri Prasanya Kumar Dev (1926-1931)
- Sri Bijay Chandra Sen (1931-1934)
- Sri Satish Chandra Sen (1934-1939)
- Sri Manimohan Sengupta (1940-1941)
- Mohammad Asad Abdul Mahmud (1941-1944)
- Mohammed Hidyatul Islam (1944-1946)
- Sri Bijay Kumar Bhattacharya (1946-1947)
- M. Khalil (1947-1951)
- M.A. Latif (1951-1956)
- A.K.M Hashem (1956-1958)
- Abdul Jobbar Ahmed (1958-1959)
- M. Imran Ali (1959-1966)
- Mohammed Abdur Razzak (1966-1967)
- Mohammed Khalilur Rahman (1967-1972)
- Muhammad Izharul Haque (1972-1974)
- Rashid Ahmed (1974-1978)
- Mohammed Bahadur Ali Sarker (1978-1979)
- Mohammed Izabul Haque (1980-1983)
- Mohammed Ramzan Ali (1983-1987)
- Muhammad Anowar Hossain (1988)
- Mohammed Nawshad Ali (1988-1992)
- Mrs. Rawshon Jahan (1992-1998)
- Mohammed Entazur Rahman (1998-2000)
- Mohammed Abul Kashem (2000-2002)
- Mohammed Hafizur Rahman (2002-2004)
- Mohammed Abul Kashem (2004-2006)
- Mohammed Golam Hossain (2006-2007)
- Nurjahan Begum (2007-to this day)
Notable alumni
External links
- https://rcs.edu.bd/about
- https://archive.today/20081205080617/http://www.rcspcs.org.bd/index.php
Notes and References
- News: 180th founding anniversary of The Rajshahi Collegiate School . The Daily Star . UNB . 18 January 2009.
- News: Rajshahi Collegiate School celebrates 190th founding anniversary . Financial Express . 27 January 2019.
- Web site: The History of the First and Tradition Bearing Institution – Rajshahi Collegiate School .
- . January 26, 2019 . 190th anniv of Rajshahi Collegiate School begins . New Age. Rajshahi . ASM Shahidullah Khan . April 18, 2023.
- News: Exclusive! Ritwik Ghatak's Rajshahi ancestral house turned into cycle garage . ETimes . 24 December 2019.
- News: Glorious 180th anniversary of Rajshahi Collegiate School . Star Campus . 8 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090707231700/https://www.thedailystar.net/campus/2009/02/02/camspotlight.htm . 2009-07-07.
