History of education in Chittagong

Chittagong is the second largest city in Bangladesh. Greater Chittagong refers to the Chittagong District, Cox's Bazar District, Rangamati District, Khagrachari District and Bandarban District. The city has a brief history of education.

When the decline of Nalanda University began in the sixth century, Pandit Vihara was established in Chittagong in the tenth century.[1] Where Buddhist scholars such as Luipada, Sabripa, Ladpa, Avadhutpa etc. used to study.

Persian was the official language of Chittagong till 1838. After learning Arabic, Muslims and wealthy Hindus learned Persian. But spread of Bengali among Muslims was less. Religious education was common among Muslims. Muslim students used to learn Arabic from the teacher Maulana or Muezzin. Muazzins were known as miazi, mizzi. Their school was called Mizzi Daras. During the Mughal Empire period, Muslim teachers were allotted free land. Muslim girls did not go to school and ended their education with primary education. Upper caste Hindus received education. But lower caste Hindus did not receive education.

Educational Institution

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List of educational institutions based on establishment date

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Name Founding period Current status
Ramgati Dhar School 1835 (1835) Raozan R.R.A.C Model Government High School
Chittagong Zilla School 1836 (1836) Chittagong Collegiate School
St. Placid's School 1853 (1853) St. Placid's School and College
Government First Arts College 1869 (1869) Chittagong College
Queens High School 1871 (1871) defunct
Albert High School 1871 (1871) Chittagong City Corporation Municipal Model School and College
Chittagong Madrasah 1874 (1874) Government Muslim High School, Government Hazi Mohammad Mohsin College and Hazi Mohammad Mohsin Government High School
Hazari Middle English School 1885 (1885) defunct
Chittagong Middle English School 1885 (1885) Kazem Ali School and College
Chittagong High English School 1888 (1888) defunct
National High School (founded by Harish Chandra) defunct
Sitakunda Kamil Madrasa 1886 (1886) Sitakunda Kamil MA Madrasah
Dr. Khastgir Girls High School 1887 (1887) Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' High School
Umatara High School defunct
Graduate High School defunct
Oriental Academy defunct
Victoria Technical Institute defunct
Chittagong Training School defunct
JM Sen High School 1913 (1913) JM Sen School and College
Chittagong Medical School 1927 (1927) defunct
Chittagong Normal School 1958 (1958) Government Teacher's Training College, Chittagong
Government Intermediate College, Chittagong 1967 (1967) defunct

References

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  1. ^ Prabir Barua Chowdhury. "Historic university lost in time". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2016-11-18.