Rajshahi Collegiate School

Rajshahi Collegiate School রাজশাহী কলেজিয়েট স্কুল
Location
Shaheb Bazar, Rajshahi Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Information
Type	Public
Established	1828
Campus	Urban

Rajshahi Collegiate School (Bengali: রাজশাহী কলেজিয়েট স্কুল, established in 1828) is the first modern school of Bengal (first school of Bangladesh) and one of the oldest schools of the Indian Subcontinent. It is located in the center of Rajshahi, a city in northern Bangladesh.

History

During the British Raj, the school was established as the Beauleah School, an English medium institution.

After British colonial rule started in Bengal in 1757, the British started founding educational centers to create a body of (usually low ranked) officers from the native people. This led to establishment of a number of educational institutions throughout India, and Bengal in particular. A number of institutions were established in Kolkata and the western part of Bengal, but the first school in East Bengal was Rajshahi Collegiate School, followed by Jessore Zilla School, Dhaka Collegiate School, Chittagong Collegiate School and Rangpur Zilla School.. Bengali poet and music composer Rajanikanta Sen studied in the school.

The first building was in the grassy field on which the boys play cricket and football. The building currently in use is continually being added onto. With the addition of classrooms Classes 11 and 12 will be taught at the school, in addition to the Classes 3-10 already taught there.

The school is a two shifts school, meaning that there is a morning school student body and faculty, plus an afternoon session with its own student body and faculty. Students of class 6 to 10 are taught in morning shift, from 8 AM to 1 PM. And students of class 3 to 5 are in day shift, from 2 PM to 3.30 PM. The headmaster of the school is Nurzahan Begum.

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  Mr. Rashid Ahmed, 33rd Head Master

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  Second building of Rajshahi Collegiate School

External links

http://www.rcspcs.org.bd/index.php