Pabna Textile Engineering College

Pabna Textile Engineering College is a government educational institution in Pabna, Bangladesh that offers a bachelor's degree in textile engineering. It is operated by a department of the Ministry of Textiles and Jute, and an affiliated college of the Bangladesh University of Textiles.

Pabna Textile Engineering College
পাবনা টেক্সটাইল ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং কলেজ
Former names
Pabna Govt. Weaving School, Pabna Textile Institute
TypePublic
Established1915 (1915) (as school)
Parent institution
Bangladesh University of Textiles
AffiliationDepartment of Textiles
PrincipalEngr. Md. Solaiman
Location
Pabna
,
Bangladesh

24.0203°N 89.2491°E / 24.0203; 89.2491
CampusUrban
Websitepabtec.gov.bd

History

Pabna Government Weaving School was established in 1915.[1] It was one of five such outlying schools affiliated to the Serampore Weaving Institute. The school offered a course three to six months in duration, given in Bengali,[2] that taught "practical weaving, design and analysis of cloth, yarn calculation and drawing". By 1921, it was instructing 22 students, the sons of weavers, on 14 fly-shuttle looms.[1]

When the Department of Textiles (DoT) was established in 1978, it took over operation of the school. The DoT also oversaw the public sector textile mills, and expected demand for more mid-level supervisors and skilled technicians in the industry.[3] In 1980, a two years certificate course was introduced. In 1995,[4] that was replaced by a three-year diploma in textile engineering,[3] at which point the school was renamed Pabna Textile Institute.[4]

In March 2010, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved a 450 million Bangladeshi taka ($6.4M as of 2010) project to upgrade Pabna Textile Institute to Pabna Textile Engineering College.[5] It then offered a four years B.Sc. in textile engineering in affiliation with the University of Rajshahi, and had 80 students.[6] By 2019, it was an affiliated college of Bangladesh University of Textiles.[7]

See also

References
  1. O'Malley, L. S. S. (1923). Pabna. Bengal District Gazetteers. Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. p. 109.
  2. Hornell, W. W. (1918). Progress of Eduction in Bengal, 1912–13 to 1916–17: Fifth Quinquennial Review. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. p. 85.
  3. Maurer, Markus (2011). Skill Formation Regimes in South Asia. Peter Lang. pp. 333–334. ISBN 978-3-631-60020-7.
  4. Uddin, Mohammad Fahim (2022). "Brief Analysis on the Past, Present, and Future of Textile Education in Bangladesh". In Yan, Xinfeng; Chen, Lihong; Memon, Hafeezullah (eds.). Textile and fashion education internationalization: a promising discipline from South Asia. Springer. p. 37. ISBN 978-981-16-8853-9.
  5. "ECNEC approves six projects involving Tk 1359 crore". United News of Bangladesh. 2 March 2010.
  6. "History of PTEC". Pabna Textile Engineering College.
  7. "Bangladesh". International Handbook of Universities 2019. Palgrave Macmillan. 2019. p. 254. doi:10.1057/978-3-319-76971-4_14. ISBN 978-3-319-76970-7.
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