College of Home Economics, Azimpur, Dhaka

College of Home Economics, Azimpur, Dhaka
Established 1961
Type Govt. Institution
Location Dhaka, Bangladesh
Campus Azimpur, Dhaka
Affiliations University of Dhaka
Website http://www.govhec.edu.bd/

The College of Home Economics, Azimpur, Dhaka is a constituent college[1] of the University of Dhaka, which monitors its academic activities. The college is a government institution whose administrative & financial concerns are managed by the Ministry of Education of the Government of Bangladesh.

History

American Ford Foundation & Oklahoma State University, USA and the government of East Pakistan started the college in the year 1961 with just twenty-five students. This is the first college of Bangladesh for studying Home Economics. Mrs Hamida Khanam was the founder principal of this college.[2]

Campus

The college islocated at Azimpur, Dhaka having Total campus 10.3 acres of land. there are 21 classrooms, 5 seminar room, 8 laboratory, 1 Library etc.

Courses

Level of education is HSC, B.Sc (Hons.) & M.S. there are 5 Honours Department. This corses are conducted under Biology Faculty of the University of Dhaka.

Departments

There are five[3] departments in five major area of home econmics:-

Admission

B.Sc: Admission test is conducted by Faculty of Biological Science of University of Dhaka. Students give separate admission test for Home Economics Unit. 1000 students can get admitted each year for B.Sc Course in this college.[4][5][6] There is separate admission test for HSC admission.

Notable Alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://www.du.ac.bd/list_of_colleges.php
  2. ↑ http://www.banglavasha.com/image_gallery.php?action=browse&spot_id=575
  3. ↑ http://www.govhec.edu.bd/
  4. ↑ http://admission.eis.du.ac.bd/
  5. ↑ http://www.results.com.bd/home-economics-college-admission-result-circular-2014-15-govhec-edu-bd/
  6. ↑ http://edubdresult.com/home-economics-college-admission-result-2015/