Bogura Cantonment Public School and College (Bengali: বগুড়া ক্যান্টনমেন্ট পাবলিক স্কুল ও কলেজ) is an educational institution located at Shajahanpur upazila of Bogura district in Bangladesh. It was established in 1979 by the then President of Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman.

As of 2024, it has a student body of 6130. It was identified as one of the top institutions under Rajshahi Education Board several times in the previous years. Former Chief Patron of the institution, Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan, also the former General Officer Commanding of the 11th infantry division of the Bangladesh Army, described it as "The premier educational institution of excellence in North Bengal."

In order to provide up-to-date education to the children of the army personnel working inside the cantonment, Bogura Cantonment Public School and College was established in 1979 at Bogura Cantonment of Bogura district. The then President of Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman, laid the foundation stone of the institution. The institution officially started its journey on November 22, 1979.

The first Chief Patron and Chairman of the institution was Major General Amzad Ahmed Chowdhury, psc, who played an important role during the primary period of the institution. The first Principal (acting) of the institution was Mr Shivendranath Bhoumik. After Mr Bhoumik, Md Abdul Hannan (Former Assistant Professor of Jhenaidah Cadet College) was officially appointed as Principal in 1980.

In its first years, the institution had provided education up to 8th class only. Later it gained the recognition of Rajshahi Education Board in 1981 and was upgraded to 10th class. The institution first took part in the Secondary School Certificate Examination under Rajshahi Education Board in 1983.

The college branch of the institution was opened in 1984 and it first took part in the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination in 1986. In the same year, the then President of Bangladesh, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, came to visit the institution and gave a huge amount of donation for its infrastructural development.

As the cantonments are located far away from the main city, the Bangladesh Army has to establish such institutions. Bogura Cantonment Public School and College is also an educational institution established and managed by the Bangladesh Army. At present, it is a famous and reputed educational institution in the Northern Region of Bangladesh.

For the convenience of conducting educational activities, the classes of the institution have been divided into two shifts, Morning and Day. Nursery to 5th classes are included in the Morning shift and 6th to 10th classes are included in the Day shift. Classes are conducted in the morning shift from 8:00 am to 10:50 am and in the day shift from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm. In the college branch, classes are conducted in one shift from 9:10 am to 1:50 pm. Each shift, class and section is managed under the supervision of a Vice-Principal, an In-charge and a Class Teacher respectively. The classrooms of the institute have been converted into full multimedia classrooms to ensure modern teaching and enhance learning activities of the students. In addition to this, there is also high definition sound system in every classroom, which helps to organise daily assembly in the classrooms in any special situation and giving any notice to all classrooms simultaneously.

Apart from Bengali medium in school and college branches, English medium of teaching is also going on from Nursery to 5th Class.

There are 177 teaching staff working in the entire institution including the school and the college branch. Besides, there are 168 staff and employees in the administrative department to manage the official works of the institution. The Governing Body controls all the administrative and educational activities of the entire institution. The Governing Body consists of the Chief Patron, the Chairman, the Principal, two co-operative army members, two parent representatives and two teacher representatives. Major General Md Khaled-Al-Mamun, PBGM, ndc, psc, General Officer Commanding of 11th Infantry Division and Bogura Area Commander, is currently the Chief Patron of the institution. Besides, the Commander of 111 Infantry Brigade, Brigadier General Md Iftekharul Mabud, afwc, psc, is the Chairman of the institution and Colonel Tuhin Mohammad Masud, BPM, BGOM, G is serving as the Principal.

For the co-curricular activities of the institution, there are various clubs such as Debate, General Knowledge, Math Olympiad, Science Club, Language Club, Taekwondo, Handwriting, Painting, Public Speaking, Dance, Singing, Poem Recitation etc. Every Student of the institution is involved in one of these clubs. Club-wise separate ‘Hobby Society’ Classes are held for students in the two periods following Tiffin every Thursday of the week. Apart From this, the institution has its own football, cricket, basketball and table tennis teams for sports. These teams participate in various Inter-Cantonment and Inter-Institution level games every year. In addition, every year Inter-house competitions are held in various subjects in the institution.

All the students of the institution are divided into four houses namely-

1.   Sher E Bangla House
2.   Shahidullah House
3.   Nazrul House
4.   Jahangir House

Beside all these, organizations like BNCC, Scout and Girl Guides have branches in this institution. A large number of students of the institution are associated with various social welfare works through these organizations. BNCC activities are conducted in the college branch of the institution, whereas Scout and Girl Guides activities are performed in the school branch. The BNCC and Scout teams of the institution have represented this country and this institution in foreign countries several times in the past years. So far, several students from the Scout branch of the institution have received the PS (President's Scout) Award from the Honorable President of Bangladesh.

The entire campus area of Bogura Cantonment Public School and College is 14.5 acres (0.059 km). The campus has 3 separate buildings including the primary, secondary and college branches, which are known as Educational Building-1, 2 and 3 respectively. In front of each building there is a large playground. Each building has a library individually and various laboratories for scientific research. There is also an Administrative Building for managing the official works and functions of the institution. The main gate of the institution is located on the eastern side of it, next to the Dhaka-Bogura highway. There is a separate garage for parking the cars and buses of the institution. There is also a mosque, a canteen, an auditorium, a multi-purpose hall, a Shaheed Minar, a parents' rest house and a basketball ground inside the campus. It is a clean and smoke-free campus. The entire campus is monitored by CCTV cameras. Coconut, Palm, Jackfruit, Indian jujube (Boroi), Mahogany, Carambola (Kamaranga), Indian gooseberry (Amloki), Myrobalan (Horitoki), Tamarind etc. are some notable trees inside the campus. Besides, there are different types of flower gardens in various parts of the institution, which are tended by the gardeners with utmost care. In 2020, Bogura Cantonment Public School and College won the 1st prize in a Flower Garden Competition among all Major Units of Majhira Cantonment and Jahangirabad Cantonment.

Presently Bogura Cantonment Public School and College has three groups in its college branch (Class XI and XII). They are:

1. Science
2. Business Studies
3. Humanities

Besides, the school branch has 2 groups in class IX and X. They are:

1. Science
2. Business Studies

At present, Bogura Cantonment Public School and College admits students to Nursery and Class XI on the basis of following regulations-

1. Nursery: 4 to 5 year aged children are admitted to class Nursery through oral examination and lottery every year.
2. Class XI: SSC-passed students are admitted to class XI on the basis of merit through online applications as per the policy given by the Ministry of Education.

In the year 2021, among all cantonment public schools and colleges, the school branch of this institution was ranked 2nd as '1st Runner-up' and the college branch was ranked 9th overall.

In 2020 and 2019, the School branch secured the 1st position as 'Best School' and the College branch secured the 2nd position as '1st Runner-up'. Throughout the previous years, the school branch of the institution secured 2nd place in 2006, 1st place in 2007, 1st place in 2011, 2nd place in 2012, 1st place in 2013, 2nd place in 2014, 3rd place in 2015, 2nd place in 2016, 2nd place in 2017, 2nd place in 2018 and the college branch secured 2nd place in 2010, 1st place in 2011, 2nd place in 2012, 3rd place in 2013 among all the educational institutions administrated by Bangladesh Army.

At present, the students of this institution are keeping their remarkable signatures of achievement by winning 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in various competitions of upazila, district, division and even national level including Inter Cantonment competitions. In 2022, the college branch of the institution became Runners-up in the Inter Cantonment Parliamentary Debate and was ranked 1st in the overall results. In 2021, two students of Bogura Cantonment Public School and College, Omar Jafar and Sneha Mahjabin, won the first and second prizes in the World Quiz Competition of the International Virtual Debate Festival, held in Bangladesh and organised by National Debate Federation Bangladesh (NDFBD). Omar Jafar and Sneha Mahjabin secured the first and second position among 400 students from 36 countries of the world respectively.

Shajedur Rahman Shahed, who was selected as the Best Banglabid in the 3rd season of the Ispahani Mirzapore Banglabid competition, aired on Channel i in 2019, was a student of this institution.

In the year 2022, in the International Talent Haunt Competition organized by NASA (a part of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge Competition), Zabeer-Zarif Akhter, a student of the institution, got the opportunity of training and scholarship in the United States by winning the 1st place among the entire Bangladesh and 38th position internationally. He was also the National Round winner in the 'Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition' in 2024. In 2024, a team of young students from Bogura Cantonment Public School and College achieved the 1st place in the school-based quiz competition 'Sobjanta', aired on Duronto TV. They achieved the winners' title by defeating Holycross Girls' High School in the final.

In public exams like JSC, SSC and HSC examinations, the institution has stood first in 'Rajshahi Education Board' several times. In the recent SSC and HSC examinations in 2024, the institution has a result of 100% pass with 92.18% and 82.26% A+ grades respectively. Besides, every year a significant number of students from this institution get study and job opportunities in government universities, medical colleges, engineering universities, agricultural universities, Bangladesh Armed Forces and also in abroad.

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• Bogura Cantonment
• Jahangirabad Cantonment
• 11th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)

• Official website of Bogura Cantonment Public School and College