Nawab Faizunnesa Government Girls' High School
| Nawab Faizunnessa Government Girls' High School নওয়াব ফয়জুন্নেসা সরকারি বালিকা বিদ্যালয় | |
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Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates | 23°27′45″N 91°10′38″E / 23.4625°N 91.1771°E |
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| Motto | Better Education For Better Citizen |
| Established | 1873 |
| Number of students | 2000+ |
| Campus | Comilla city centre |
| Color(s) | navy-blue |
Nawab Faizunnessa Government Girls' High School is a girls' school in Comilla, Bangladesh, established in 1873 by Faizunnesa Choudhurani, who would in 1889 be titled India's only female nawab by Queen Victoria. Faizunnessa, a wealthy zamindar, established Faizunnessa Girls' Pilot High School, having noted the need for female education which would accommodate Muslim girls practising purdah.[1][2][3] The school taught its children in the local Bengali language rather than Urdu or Persian which were the standard languages of education at the time.[4] The students also learned English.[4] During the early years of its establishment, it was treated as the English medium school for girls. It was converted to a junior high school in 1889, and to a high school in 1931.[5]
Notable alumni
- Santi Ghose, Indian nationalist[6]
References
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