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Rajshahi Collegiate School রাজশাহী কলেজিয়েট স্কুল
Location
Sonadighir More, Boalia Rajshahi Bangladesh
Coordinates	24°21′57″N 88°35′48″E / 24.3657°N 88.5968°E / 24.3657; 88.5968
Information
Former names	Bawlia English School (1828-1836), Rajshahi Zilla School (1836-1873)
Type	Public
Motto	Bengali: শিক্ষা, স্বাস্থ্য, প্রগতি (Education, Health, Progress)
Established	1828; 197 years ago (1828)
Founder	Lord William Bentinck
Status	Active
School board	Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi
Session	January - December
School number	EIIN:126456
Headmaster	Nurjahan Begum
Teaching staff	47
Gender	Boys
Number of students	approximately 1800
Classes	3rd grade - 12th grade
Education system	Single-sex education
Language	Bengali
Schedule	Morning Shift, Day Shift
Hours in school day	approximately 4.5 hours
Campus	Urban
Area	0.9725 acres
Color(s)	White(Shirt & Shoes); Khaki (Pant); Red (Sweater)
Alumni	Rajshahi Collegiate School Alumni Association
Former pupil(s)	Collegiateian(s)
Website	rcs.edu.bd

Rajshahi Collegiate School (Bengali: রাজশাহী কলেজিয়েট স্কুল), a public school for boys located in Boalia Thana in the center of Rajshahi, which is a metropolitan city in northern Bangladesh, is the oldest school in the country.

History

Rajshahi Collegiate School is the oldest educational institution in Rajshahi city. Rajshahi Collegiate School was established in 1828. The school was nationalised by the provincial government of Bengal and was converted into a government zilla (or district) school on 20 June 1836

In 1873 the Zilla School was given the status of an Intermediate College, and F.A. courses were introduced into its curriculum. With further development this college was accorded "first-grade rank" in 1878, which meant that it could teach B.A. courses and be affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Later the college part got separated and named as Rajshahi College.

After completing MA in philosophy from Presidency College, Kolkata in 1895, Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah went on to serve as the first Muslim headmaster of Rajshahi Collegiate School. He was active from 1904 to 1907.

Buildings and sites

Headmasters

Notable alumni

• Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) A. K. Khandker
• Archaeologist Ramaprasad Chanda
• Archaeologist Sarat Kumar Ray
• A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton
• Fazle Hossain Badsha
• Former Justice Fazlul Haque
• Historian Akshay Kumar Maitreya
• Khademul Bashar Bir Uttom
• Mazharul Islam
• Mizanur Rahman Minu
• Mrinal Haque
• Najib Tareque
• Ritwik Ghatak
• Faruq Mahfuz Anam
• Jadunath Sarkar
• Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury

References

1. "180th founding anniversary of The Rajshahi Collegiate School". The Daily Star. UNB. 18 January 2009.
2. "Rajshahi Collegiate School celebrates 190th founding anniversary". Financial Express. 27 January 2019.
3. "The History of the First and Tradition Bearing Institution – Rajshahi Collegiate School".
4. "190th anniv of Rajshahi Collegiate School begins". New Age. Rajshahi: ASM Shahidullah Khan. January 26, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
5. ^ "Glorious 180th anniversary of Rajshahi Collegiate School". Star Campus. 8 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07.
6. "Exclusive! Ritwik Ghatak's Rajshahi ancestral house turned into cycle garage". ETimes. 24 December 2019.

External links

• https://rcs.edu.bd/about
• https://archive.today/20081205080617/http://www.rcspcs.org.bd/index.php

• Rajshahi Collegiate School
• High schools in Bangladesh
• Buildings and structures in Rajshahi Division
• Educational institutions established in 1828
• 1828 establishments in India
• Schools in Rajshahi District
• Education in Rajshahi