Uttara High School and College

School in Dhaka, Bangladesh

23°52′15″N 90°23′51″E / 23.8709°N 90.3974°E / 23.8709; 90.3974InformationEstablished1985 (1985)StatusOpenSchool boardDhaka Education BoardSchool codeEIIN 108538, School 1377, College 1146ChairmanRiad Hasan RiazPrincipalMd. Faridur RahmanGradesI-XIIGenderGirls (morning shift)
Boys (day shift)Age range6–17Enrollment10,000+LanguageBengaliCampus size2.32 acres (9,400 m²)Campus typeUrbanSportsCricket, football, volleyballWebsiteuhscdhaka.edu.bd

Uttara High School and College (UHSC; Bengali: উত্তরা হাই স্কুল ও কলেজ) is a Bangladeshi primary school, secondary school, and higher secondary school (grades I-XII) a few metres from the Dhaka-Mymensingh Road (Asian Highway) close to Azampur bus-stand. It is situated in the heart of Uttara Model Town at Sector- 07 about two kilometers from the Shahjalal International Airport.

History

The school was established in 1985.^[1] In the Junior School Certificate (JSC) exams, the school placed eighth in 2010 and seventeenth in 2011, among schools under the Dhaka Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education.^[2]^[3]

Campus

Uttara High School and College campus area size are 2.32 acres (9,400 m2) It has a ground field for students.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

Mahiya Mahi, film actress^[4]
Mir Mugdho, student activist killed during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement^[5]
Nurul Haq Nur, vice president of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (2019–2020)^[6]

References

^ সাধারণ তথ্য [General Information]. Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
^ "The Top 20 schools". bdnews24.com. 30 December 2010.
^ "Rajuk's Uttara school tops Dhaka board". bdnews24.com. 28 December 2011.
^ Islam, Zia Nazmul (15 February 2014). "Mahi Fire in Disguise". The Daily Star.
^ "A life full of promises cut short". The Business Standard. 29 July 2024.
^ ডাকসুর নতুন ভিপি নুরুল হক - কোটা আন্দোলন থেকে যেভাবে ছাত্র সংসদের শীর্ষ নেতা [DUCSU's new VP Nurul Haque - the top leader of student union since the quota movement]. BBC News (in Bengali). 13 March 2019.

External links

Media related to Uttara High School and College at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

Uttara, suburb of Dhaka

Sectors

Phase 1 (Sector 1-10)
Phase 2 (Sector 11-14)
Phase 3 (Sector 15-18)

Thanas

East Thana
West Thana
Turag Thana

Populated places

Azampur
House Building
Diabari
Rupayan City

Shopping mall

Rajlokkhi Complex

Transport

Hospital

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