Uttara High School and College
| Uttara High School and College উত্তরা হাই স্কুল ও কলেজ | |
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Road# 1 & 27 Sector# 7, Uttara , Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates | 23°52′15″N 90°23′51″E / 23.8709°N 90.3974°E |
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| Established | 1985 |
| Status | Open |
| School board | Dhaka Education Board |
| School code | EIIN 108538, School 1377, College 1146 |
| Chairman | Riad Hasan Riaz |
| Principal | Md. Faridur Rahman |
| Grades | I-XII |
| Gender | Girls (morning shift) Boys (day shift) |
| Age range | 6–17 |
| Enrollment | 10,000+ |
| Language | Bengali |
| Campus size | 2.32 acres (9,400 m2) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Sports | Cricket, football, volleyball |
| Website | uhscdhaka |
Uttara High School and College (UHSC; Bengali: উত্তরা হাই স্কুল ও কলেজ) is a Bangladeshi primary school, secondary school, and higher secondary school (grades I-XII) a few metres from the Dhaka-Mymensingh Road (Asian Highway) close to Azampur bus-stand. It is situated in the heart of Uttara Model Town at Sector- 07 about two kilometers from the Shahjalal International Airport.
History
[edit]The school was established in 1985.[1] In the Junior School Certificate (JSC) exams, the school placed eighth in 2010 and seventeenth in 2011, among schools under the Dhaka Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education.[2][3]
Campus
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Uttara High School and College campus area size are 2.32 acres (9,400 m2) It has a ground field for students.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Mahiya Mahi, film actress[4]
- Mir Mugdho, student activist killed during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement[5]
- Nurul Haq Nur, vice president of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (2019–2020)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ সাধারণ তথ্য [General Information]. Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "The Top 20 schools". bdnews24.com. 30 December 2010.
- ^ "Rajuk's Uttara school tops Dhaka board". bdnews24.com. 28 December 2011.
- ^ Islam, Zia Nazmul (15 February 2014). "Mahi Fire in Disguise". The Daily Star.
- ^ "A life full of promises cut short". The Business Standard. 29 July 2024.
- ^ ডাকসুর নতুন ভিপি নুরুল হক - কোটা আন্দোলন থেকে যেভাবে ছাত্র সংসদের শীর্ষ নেতা [DUCSU's new VP Nurul Haque - the top leader of student union since the quota movement]. BBC News (in Bengali). 13 March 2019.
External links
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Media related to Uttara High School and College at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
