Moulvibazar Government High School

Moulvibazar Government High School is a secondary school in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. It was established in 1891.[1]

Moulvibazar Government High School
মৌলভীবাজার সরকারি উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়
Address
Syed Mujtoba Ali Road

Moulvibazar
,
3200

Bangladesh
Information
TypePublic boys' high school
Established1891 (1891)
School boardSylhet Education Board
Websitewww.mbghs.edu.bd

History

Middle English School was established in Moulvibazar town in June 1885 during the British Raj.[2] In 1891, it became a High School.[2] The school was funded by advocate Harakinker Das and the Gupta family.[2] The first headmaster of the school was Dijendra Nath Niogee.[2] In 1899, Sharat Chandra Chaudhury was appointed the second headmaster of the school.[2] Chaudhury was fired for writing against colonial rule of the British Raj.[2] In 1914, the government of Assam nationalized the school and renamed as Moulvibazar Government High School. The nationalisation was followed by expansion of the school through the acquisation of land for building new hostels.[2]

Three-story main building (left) for the classrooms and administrative building (right)

In 1930, J. R. Cunningham, Director of Public Instruction of Assam, issued a circular banning Anti-British activities, independence movement, and forced students and parents to sign undertaking declaring they would participate in those activities.[2][3] The school was burned down in protests against the circular.[2] The entrance examination center for Moulvibazar (South Sylhet mahakuma) was in Sylhet until 1938. In 1933, the school was approved as a center for entrance examination. After the end of the Bangladesh Liberation War, the school was used as a transit camp to store explosives and ammunitions left from the war.[4] On 20 December 1971, the storage at the school exploded. 25 bodies of Mukti Bahini personnel were recovered from the school but the death toll was believed to be higher.[4][5] They were buried in the playground of the school.[6] A shaheed Minar and a monument to the victims was built at the site of the explosion.[4] 20 December is observed as Moulvibazar's Shaheed Day.[4][7]

Front gate of the school

In 2001, alumni of the school Saifur Rahman became the Finance Minister of Bangladesh and constructed a number of buildings for the school.[2] In 2009, Rahman's Funeral prayer was held at the school.[8]

In October 2016, students of school protested against the Education Engineering Department plan to establish a zonal office on land of the school which was used by the students as a playground.[9]

On 8 December 2017, a student of the school and another of Moulvibazar Government College was killed in an attack by a rival fraction of Bangladesh Chhatra League on school grounds.[10][11] Moulvibazar police declared a bounty on five suspects worth 50,000 BDT each.[12]

Result
Tin-shed classrooms built during British period

The results of educational programs are always traditional in this school. The school ranked among the top 20 schools of Sylhet Board in SSC examination 2014.[13]

SSC results[14]
Year GPA 5 Pass rate
2001 0 78.32%
2002 1 77.78%
2003 0 75.32%
2004 9 69.01%
2005 17 86.61%
2006 10 84.75%
2007 16 83.09%
2008 14 91.87%
2009 47 96.58%
2010 27 99.15%
2011 36 99.24%
2012 39 99.28%
2013 49 98.92%
2014 53 96.85%

Notable alumni

References
  1. Wadud, Shah Abdul (2012). "Maulvibazar Sadar Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (2nd ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. Goswami, Rajat Kanti. "Century Old Moulvibazar Government High School". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  3. "Cunningham Circular of 1930 (History of Assam)". AssamExam. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  4. Deshwara, Mintu (2022-12-20). "Blood that was spilled after the war". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  5. Correspondent, Our; Moulvibazar (2015-12-20). "Moulvibazar recalls tragic death of over 25 war heroes today". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  6. "Moulvibazar remembers 25 war heroes today". The Daily Star. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  7. "Moulvibazar people recall mine blast tragedy today". The Daily Star. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  8. "Saifur laid to rest". The Daily Star. 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  9. "Edn office building on school field!". The Daily Star. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  10. "Rivals kill 2 students in Moulvibazar". The Daily Star. 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  11. "Two students 'tied to BCL' hacked to death in Moulvibazar". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  12. "Bounty on 5 for double murder in Moulvibazar". The Daily Star. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  13. দেশসেরা যেসব স্কুল. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 18 May 2014.
  14. Nabankur, Annual 2013, published from Moulvibazar Govt. High School, Page 144-151; Collection: December 07, 2014.
  15. "Rahman, M Saifur". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  16. "Kibria, Shah AMS - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2023-08-18.

24°29′23″N 91°46′22″E

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.