Sohagpur SK Pilot Model High School

Sohagpur S.K. Pilot Model High School (Bengali: সোহাগপুর এস.কে. পাইলট মডেল উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is one of the oldest high schools in Belkuchi Upazila of Sirajganj District, in northern Bangladesh. The school was established on January 1, 1913, by zamindar Rao Bahadur Kalidash Chowdhury, named after his grandfather Shyam Kishore Chowdhury on the bank of the Jamuna River.

Sohagpur SK Pilot Model High School
Location

Bangladesh
Coordinates24.2909°N 89.6973°E / 24.2909; 89.6973
Information
TypeHigh school
School boardBoard of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi
Campus typeUrban
Websitewww.skpilothighschool.com

It is one of the first 20 of the 310 pilot model schools in Bangladesh created through special projects. The school announced plans to celebrate its 100 years anniversary in 2013.[1] It was nationalised in 2018.[2]

References

  1. সোহাগপুর পাইলট স্কুলের ১০০ বছর পূর্তি উৎসব ২৫ জানুয়ারি [100th anniversary celebrations of Sohagpur Pilot School on January 25]. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 3 January 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. "21 more edn institutions nationalised". Daily Sun. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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