Sylhet Government Pilot High School
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Kalighat,Sylhet | |
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| Former names | Sylhet Government High School |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1836 |
School board | Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sylhet |
School district | Sylhet |
School code | 130400 | EIIN |
| Headmaster | Noor Jahan Khanom Chowdhury (In Charge) |
Teaching staff | 55 |
| Employees | 10 |
| Grades | 3-10 |
Years offered | 7 |
Primary years taught | 3rd through 5th grades |
Secondary years taught | 6th through 10th grades |
| Gender | Male |
Education system | According to the current curriculum of National Curriculum and Textbook Board |
| Language | Bengali |
Hours in school day | 10 |
| Campus | Urban |
Campus size | 2 Acres |
| Area | 10 |
| Colors | White,Navy Blue |
| Nickname | Pilot School / Govt. Pilot / Pilot |
| Publication | Magazine |
| Yearbook | প্রবাহ (publishes after 2 years) |
| Website | sylgovpilothss |
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The Sylhet Government Pilot High School (Bengali: সিলেট সরকারি পাইলট উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is a school in Bangladesh. Established in 1836, it is situated in the Kalighat area of Sylhet, on the bank of the Surma River.
History
[edit]Around 1830, during the rule of the British East India Company, Lord William Bentinck had also ordered the establishment of this school in order to make the people of the region speak English properly.[citation needed]
The school, the first English one in Sylhet, was formally founded in 1836.[1] In 1841, only 41 students were studying here. Reverend Price then took charge of the school as headmaster and transformed the school into a missionary school. The school was then handed over to Reverend Price.
In 1869, the name of the school was changed to "Sylhet Government High School" and Roy Saheb Durga Kumar Bose was appointed as the headmaster. The school was destroyed in the earthquake of 1897 and later the school was moved to its present location (Kalighat). When Roy Saheb Durga Kumar Bose voluntarily retired in 1903, Baikunthanath Bhattacharya took charge as the headmaster. Another earthquake destroyed the school in 1918 and the school was rebuilt in 1919. In 1926, the school was damaged by a severe flood and in 1929, the entire school, except for one building, was destroyed by fire. During World War II in 1939, the school building was used as a camp for soldiers, and after the soldiers left, the school resumed its work.
In 1955, the school was named Sylhet Government Pilot High School by the project of piloting schools by the East Pakistan Government. In 1962, Abdul Wahid Chowdhury took over as headmaster, improved the science lab, and increased the number of teachers. In 1967 he was selected as the best head teacher of the Chittagong division. In the same year, he was awarded "Tamga-e-Khedmat" for his radical transformation of the school.
In 1971, Pakistani soldiers set fire to the school, destroying many important documents and burning books. In 1999, the school was divided into morning and day shifts.[citation needed]
Events
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Sylhet Government Pilot High School won the national prize in 2003.
Sylhet Government Pilot High School celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2010 with a grand reunion on 20 and 21 January 2010 at the school campus.
꧁⚜︎Notable alumni⚜︎꧂
[edit]Alphabetically listed according to the last name.
- Syed Mujtaba Ali — writer[2]
- Arup Ratan Choudhury — dental surgeon
- Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury — Chief of Army Staff (2002–2005)
- Humayun Rashid Choudhury — Speaker of the National Parliament (1996–2001)
- Jamilur Reza Choudhury — structural engineer
- Mahmudul Amin Choudhury — Chief Justice (2001–2002)
- Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury — professor and founding vice chancellor of SUST
- Sundari Mohan Das — medical doctor[3]
- Shuvro Dev — singer
- Mohammed Farashuddin — governor of Bangladesh Bank (1998–2001)
- Syed Manzoorul Islam — writer, winner of Ekhushe Award
- Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran — mayor of Sylhet City Corporation (2003–2013)
- Khalil Ullah Khan — film actor
- Dr. Abdul Malik – National Professor of Bangladesh
- AK Abdul Momen — Foreign Minister[4]
- Abul Maal Abdul Muhith — Minister of Finance (1982–1984 and 2009–2019)
- M. A. G. Osmani — Commander in Chief, Bangladesh Liberation Army, 1971[5]
- Bipin Chandra Pal — writer and politician[6]
- Abu Nasr Waheed — educationist[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Rizvi, S. N. H., ed. (1970). East Pakistan District Gazetteers: Sylhet. East Pakistan Government Press. p. 423. OCLC 153480.
- ^ Abdullah Shibli (7 March 2015). "Syed Mujtaba Ali as a Rebel". The Daily Star.
- ^ "About Dr. Sundari Mohan Das". Sundari Mohan Seva Bhawan. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017.
- ^ "Hon'ble Foreign Minister". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Khan, Muazzam Hussain (2012). "Osmany, General Mohammad Ataul Ghani". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ "Pal, Bipin Chandra". Banglapedia.
- ^ "Shamsul 'Ulema, Abu Nasar Waheed". Banglapedia.