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Udayan Bidyalaya 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 1990, the
year in which the school received the Best School Award from the government.
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. [Aurchie Rahman] |
