Ishwarganj Bisweswari Government Pilot High School
Ishwarganj Bisweswari Government Pilot High School (Bengali: ঈশ্বরগঞ্জ বিশ্বেশ্বরী সরকারী পাইলট উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়)[3] is a secondary school in Ishwarganj Upazila, Mymensingh District, Bangladesh.[4] It was founded in 1916[5] by Kishore Roy Chowdhury. There are approximately 1,500 students currently enrolled.
Ishwarganj Bisweswari Government Pilot High School | |
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Location | |
Ishwarganj, Mymensingh, Bangladesh Bangladesh | |
Coordinates | 24.6852°N 90.5954°E |
Information | |
Established | December 23, 1916 |
Founder | Kishore Roy Chowdhury[1] |
School district | Mymenensingh |
Principal | Md. Hasim Uddin |
Faculty | 25 |
Grades | 6 to 10 |
Enrollment | 1,500 |
Language | Bengali |
Hours in school day | 10 hours: Morning shift (8.00am–1.00pm) and day shift (1.30pm–5.30pm) |
Campus size | 3 acres |
Campus type | urban |
Newspaper | Not Yet |
Website | bphs |
Admission
Generally, admission is permitted in class six once a year. There is no eligibility criteria to sit the admission test. Students who perform well in the test are usually admitted.
Campus
The school has two main academic buildings. One has four stories and the other has two stories. It has a playground where students can play and enjoy games in the afternoon. From the school, one can see the small river Kanchamatia. On the other side of the school, there is a big pond-like lake, which local people call Muktijoddha Pukur.
Educational facilities and miscellaneous
The school has many educational facilities, including a science laboratory, a workshop, a computer lab, and a library. Physics, chemistry, and biology lessons are normally conducted in the science laboratory. The physics lab contains different kinds of scientific equipment, including a simple pendulum, an internal combustion engine model, a calorimeter, etc., and contains the equipment required for a secondary science education. Different kinds of chemicals are also available here. The biology lab also has human skeletons, different kinds of anesthetics, different specimens of animals and plants reserved with chloroform. The average GPA 5 holders from every academic batch is about 100.
Student activities
Students attend a morning assembly everyday where physical exercise is performed, especially in the winter season. An annual sports day is dedicated every year, where different traditional games and music are performed. Some students attend to the Science Olympiad and the Mathematical Olympiad and consequently win prizes and recognition. There is a good tradition of arranging debate competitions among students and also at the interschool level.
Notable alumni
- Abdus Sattar, former member of parliament
- Shah Nurul Kabir Shahin, former member of parliament
- Abdul Hye Mashreki, one of the three greatest folk poets in Bengali literature alongside Jasimuddin and Bande Ali Mia
References
- "About Biswasweri's founder".
- "Bisweswari's site on useoishwarganj;s site".
- "Official website of Bisweswari school".
- "List of Secondary Schools" (XLS). Ministry of Education. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A., eds. (2016). "Ishwarganj Upazila". Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.