Chittagong Collegiate School is a government educational institution in Chittagong, the southern port city in
Bangladesh. It provides education from 5th to 12th grade.[1] The school was established in 1836, and in 2016 celebrated its 180 years of establishment.[2]
History
Chittagong Collegiate School was established as Chittagong Government School in 1836. The school was the first English medium high school in Chittagong. Its classes were held in a brick building constructed during the early years of British rule. The school was then shifted to a new location at the southern section of the market Sahib Hills. In 1886, the school was relocated to its present location at Collegiate School Road, North Nalapara, near the Chittagong Railway Station, and was named as Chittagong Collegiate School. Until the first decade of the twentieth century, the school was popularly known as the Entrance School.[2]
In 2008 the college section was introduced and the government renamed the school Chittagong Collegiate School.[3]
Facilities
The main building of the institute is Academic Building-1 where the classes of school levels are held. There are nearly 21 classrooms in that red-brick building. The campus includes a mosque, several science labs and computer labs.
Notable alumni
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Abdullah-Al-Muti, first Bangladeshi to be awarded with the
Kalinga Prize by
UNESCO. He was a popular science communicator towards his audience of Bengali speaking children and teenagers.
Abdullah Al Noman, Vice chairman of
Bangladesh Nationalist Party, one of the two most popular political parties of Bangladesh. Noman served as a member of parliament & ministry cabinet in several terms.
Abul Hayat, one of the leading pioneers of theatre & drama in independent Bangladesh. Hayat's decades long career of acting & directing has shaped the national drama industry in a pivotal way.
Mohammad Ziauddin (army officer), retired Bangladeshi military officer. He is the recipient of
Bir Uttom, the highest military award for living military personnel, for his prolific bravery in the liberation war of Bangladesh.
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, popular Bangladeshi science fiction writer. Iqbal has been part of popularizing
STEM among the youth, such as, encouraging participations in math olympiad and more alike.
Shahid Saber, writer & journalist. He was martyred during the onset of liberation war of 1971.
Zakir Husain (governor), Husain served as a Governor & Interior Minister of East Pakistan during the
Ayub Khan regime. A street in
Chattogram is named in his remembrance.