Udayan High School, Bangladesh

Infobox_University


name=Udayan Higher secondary School
established=1955
type=School
city=Dhaka
country=Bangladesh
students=2,030
faculty=60
campus=Fuller Road, 30,000 ft²
website= [http://www.udayan.com/ www.udayan.com]

Udayan Higher secondary School Dhaka, formerly known as Udayan Bidyalaya, a reputed school of Bangladesh, established in 1955 by the University of Dhaka within its campus as a kindergarten named Dhaka English Preparatory School. The university first allotted a small piece of land and two sheds. With gradual increase in number of students it was upgraded to a secondary school and, after independence of Bangladesh, as a higher secondary one. Meanwhile, it became popular in Dhaka city as Udayan Bidyalaya and in 1976, it got the formal recognition of the Dhaka Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education.

The school provided high quality education service since the very inception and attracted increasingly growing number of students. In 1980, it applied for a larger space and Dhaka University donated an area of 30,000 sq ft not far from its original location on Fuller Road. Construction of the new five-storied building was completed in 1987.This is school was awarded as the best school of the country at 1991. Although established with donation from Dhaka University, the school enjoys the status of a private organisation. The school conducts co-education programmes and in 1999, had 60 teachers (44 women), 14 other staff, and 2,030 students of whom 935 were girls. It is well equipped with computer labs, science labs and library. It takes active part in scout and girls guide activities and in serving distressed people in situations of flood or other natural calamity. The school boasts of a band group of its own and excellent performance in sports, cultural shows, science fairs and debating competitions. In 1998, it introduced intermediate level programmes with courses in business studies and science, and was upgraded to a school cum college, and took its name as Udayan Higher Secondary School.

History

Udayan Bidyalaya started its expedition in 1955. At that time it was not called "Udayan Bidyalaya," instead it was known as "Dhaka English Preparatory School." Since 1955 until 1992, it was located in the land next to the Vice Chancellor’s house of Dhaka University. The Dhaka English Preparatory school started functioning in June 1955. The menials quarters attached to the residence of the vice-chancellor were renovated and after some additions and alterations, the school started functioning. The land and the renovated semi-constructed building were leased out to the school on a nominal rent of taka ten only per month together with other terms and conditions. The syndicate of the Dhaka University in a meeting held on 31st May 1969 granted permission to the school to construct another story on the school building and it required the managing committee of the school to enter into an agreement with the university incorporating the terms and conditions prescribed in the executive council resolutions dated 28th February 1959. On a request, the Dhaka University accorded necessary permission to change the name of the Dhaka English Preparatory school as Udayan Bidyalaya and also to its upgrading as a High School. The University thus remains deeply interested to see as how well and smoothly the school functions and develops.

The Government, on 31 October 1980, approved the special type of managing committee for the Bidyalaya under rule 20(2) of the Managing Committee Regulations of 1977. The Dhaka Education Board installed the first such committee by an official order in November 1980 and the second such committee on 25th January 1984.

On 14th March 1986, the foundation of the 5 storied new building was inaugurated by the former Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University, Prof. Abdul Mannan. On 13th November, 1991, the students had their first class day in the new building. However, in 1992, the school physically moved to its new five storied building located at 3/3 Fullar Road near Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University.

In 1997 the school opened its Higher Secondary Program and renamed as Udayan Higher Secondary School.

External links

* [http://www.udayan.com Udayan.com] - The official website of Udayan Alumni Association
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/udians Udians Group] - Web group of the udayan alumni