Naogaon Government College

Naogaon Government College
নওগাঁ সরকারি কলেজ
Motto
জ্ঞানই শক্তি
Motto in English
Knowledge is power
TypePublic
Established1961 (1961)
PrincipalShah Alam [1]
Academic staff
83
Administrative staff
54
Students16,000
Location
Naogaon
,
Rajshahi
,
Bangladesh
Websitewww.naogc.edu.bd

Naogaon Government College (Bengali: নওগাঁ সরকারি কলেজ) is a public educational institution in Naogaon District, Bangladesh. It was established in 1962[2] with 300 students, and currently serves about 16,000. It is situated at the north-east part of Naogaon and is authorized by the National University.

Its 11-acre (45,000 m2) campus has two three-story buildings, one of which is used for administrative and academic purpose that also includes a library enriched with more than 25,000 books and another building is for science faculty.

Naogaon Government College was nationalized in 1980.[3]

History

Gate of Naogaon Govt. College

The foundation stone of Naogaon Degree College was laid in 1959 by subdistrict administrator Abdul Baten at the north-east edge of Naogaon. Subdistrict administrator Abdur Rob Chawdhory carried on the plan and established the college in 1962. It offered intermediate and 3-year (pass level) undergraduate degrees. In 1980, the college was amalgamated with BMC College and nationalized. Now it is Naogaon Government College. In 1996, the college had started honors in 10 subjects and masters in 9 subjects. Its area is almost 11 acre.[3]

Academic departments

The college has 16 departments:[3]

  • Department of Bangla
  • Department of English
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies
  • Department of Islamic History and Culture
  • Department of Geography & Environment
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Zoology
  • Department of Botany
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of History
  • Department of Marketing
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Statistics
Shaheed Minar
Academic and Examination Hall

Facilities

Residential student halls

There are 2 residential Hall for male students And 2 for female students.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ অধ্যক্ষ [Principal] (in Bengali). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ Karim, Rezaul (2012). "Naogaon District". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. ^ a b c তথ্য সেবায় [Information Service]. Naogaon Government College (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2017-04-25.
  4. ^ কৃষক পরিবারের সন্তান এখন খাদ্যমন্ত্রী [Son of a farmer's family is now the food minister]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 8 January 2019.

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