Dhaka Collegiate School

Dhaka Collegiate School
Dhaka Collegiate School, Dhaka
আল্লাহ্‌ আমাদের সহায়
Location
1, Loyal Street, Sadarghat, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Information
Type Government, Boys High School
Established 1835
Campus Old Town
Area Sadarghat
Color(s) White
 
Dark Blue
 
Mascot Open book with a single eye in which an everlasting flame of knowledge burns.
Nickname Collegiatians

Dhaka Collegiate School (Bengali: ঢাকা কলেজিয়েট স্কুল) is a secondary school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest school in Dhaka and one of the oldest and prestigious institutions in the country for more than a century.

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History

The school was established in Dhaka in July 1835 as an English Seminary. It was the first government high school established by the British under the East India Company in the Bengal province for teaching English literature and Science. This was later named as Dhaka Collegiate School. Mr. Redge, an English missionary, acted as the first head master of the school. In its first batch it had Nawab of Dhaka Khwaja Abdul Ghani as a student.

The school is located in Sadarghat crossing, west of Bahadur Shah Park and south of Jagannath University College, on the banks of the Buriganga River.

The foundation of Dhaka Intermediate College was laid down in 1841. The school was separated from the college and put under control of the inspector of schools in 1908. Since then it has had the status of a Zilla School, although it continues to be called Dhaka Collegiate School.

This boys' school now offers courses in science, humanities, and commerce.

Headmasters/Headmistresses

Notable alumni

Extra-curricular organizations

Reference in contemporary literature

External links