- Viqarunnisa Noon School
Viqarunnisa Noon School is an all-girls school in
Dhaka ,Bangladesh ; it has about 6000 studentsFact|date=March 2008 and links with the history of the entireIndian subcontinent .History
Viqarunnisa Noon School is one of the top-most ranking schools in Bangladesh. It was established in 1952 by Begum
Viqar un Nisa Noon , wife ofFiroz Khan Noon , the then governor ofEast Pakistan . From that, till today, this school is keeping its image equally remarkable in the sky of Educational institutions...Founder
It was founded by Begum Viqar-un-Nisa Noon, who was Austrian by birth, English by upbringing, and Indian by taste.Fact|date=February 2007 She was married twice, both times to Indian men.Fact|date=February 2007 In 1945 she married Sir
Feroz Khan Noon , who was the Indian High Commissioner in England. She later 'muslimized' her name Victoria to Viqar-un-nisa.' She came to the religion of peace.Feroz Khan Noon later became the first Governor of East Pakistan and ultimately the Prime Minister of
Pakistan in 1957. The Noon family often participated in social work and Viqarunnisa Noon School was one of its projects; there is also a Noon Educational Foundation that funds Pakistani students to study in Oxford and Cambridge.Branches
Viqarunnisa noon school has 4 branches.They are:1. Baily road branch (main branch)2. Dhanmondi branch3. Azimpur branch4. Bashundhora Branch
Today
VNS kept its name when Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation in 1971 and is today one of the top rated high schools in Dhaka.Fact|date=September 2007 Consequently, admission is highly competitive, with a micro-industry of admission test prep and tutoring existing solely for VNS.
The students of Viqarunnisa are significantly brilliant in studies as well as in co-curricular activities. It has different clubs which arrangaes different inter class and inter school and college competitions and festivals yearly.
It has a well equipped computer lab and a library enriched with varieties of books and magazines. It has a huge Auditorium.
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Viqarunnisa University
*Viqarunnisa Noon College References
* [http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P032 Story of Pakistan]
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