Rangpur Government College
History
In the year 1963, when it was turned into a government institution, the number of student seats in Carmichael College became limited. In this situation, the absence of a college proving education to the extended number of students was intensely felt. In this circumstance, some philanthropists including Fulle Hossain, the then District Commissioner O.M. Carnie, Assistant District Commissioner Abdus Sattar, District Education Officer Tahemidur Rahman, advocate Abul Khan, Amin Hossain, Abul Salek, Moin Uddin Sarker et. el. come forward to set up a college. Some rich people also gave necessary land to establish the college immediately. Finally on July 25, 1963, it got established, the college was launched as a night college at Koilash Ranjan High School and as a day college at the Zamindarbari (Kalidham) of Ram Babu. Since its establishment till 1992, it was under the supervision of Rajshahi University. It becomes a government college on November 1, 1984. It came under Bangladesh National University in 1993.
Campus
The college with its four academic buildings stands on 5.26 acre of land. It has two hostels for students. The female hostel can accommodate 100 students while the male host, namely Shahid Moslem Uddin Chattrabas is obsolete now. Some extra-curriculum activities based students organizations are also functioning in the campus. These are, voluntary blood donation related club Badhon, Bangladesh National cadet Corps (BNCC), Red Crescent Society etc.
Academics
Currently, about 11,375 HSC, Honors, and Masters level students are enrolled in the college in regular and irregular session, 2700 of them being HSC students. Number of teachers is 62. There are three main branches of study in this college: science, arts and commerce. Fourteen Honors level subjects offered in this college are given below:
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Zoology
- Botany
- Bengali
- English
- Political Science
- History
- Economics
- Islamic History
- Philosophy
- Accounting
- Management
Master's Final Courses:
- BENGALI
- HISTORY
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- ECONOMICS
- ACCOUNTING
- PHYSICS
- CHEMISTRY
Total number of class rooms is 23.
Result & Ranking
From 2009 to 2024, a total of 18,980 students participated in the HSC examinations, of which 17,695 passed, 1,285 failed, and 5,985 secured GPA A+. The overall pass percentage was 93.23%, while the percentage of GPA A+ achievers was 31.53%.
In 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, the National University of Bangladesh ranked it as one of the top ten honours colleges in the Rangpur region.
Alumni
- Khandaker Golam Mostafa (1943–2020) 2nd Jatiya Sangsad member
- K M Abdul Khaleq Chontu (1946-2017) 5th Jatiya Sangsad member
- M. Abul Kashem (birth 1953) Academic staff of Bangladesh Agricultural University.
- Abu Sayed (1998/99-2024) student activist.
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References
- ^ "Home". Rangpur Government College. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ "রংপুরের এক কলেজ থেকে ৭৯ শিক্ষার্থীর মেডিকেলে ভর্তির সুযোগ". thedailycampus.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ "National University :: College Details". www.nubd.info. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ "Account Suspended". rgc.gov.bd. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ "Rangpur Govt. College, Rangpur - Sohopathi | সহপাঠী". Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ College performance Ranking. "National University | Bangladesh : : জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় | বাংলাদেশ". www.nu.ac.bd. Archived from the original on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ "র্যাংকিংয়ে সেরা ৭৬ কলেজকে পুরস্কৃত করল জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়". thedailycampus.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2025-01-25.
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