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Shaheed Bir Uttam Lt. Anwar Girls College
Shaheed Bir Uttam Lt. Anwar Girls' College (Bengali: শহিদ বীর-উত্তম লে. আনোয়ার গার্লস কলেজ)[1] is an educational institution in Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2][3] It is managed by the Bangladesh Army and primarily for the female children of army personnel. But female students from the civilian section also can study in this college.[4] HistoryIn January 1957, the school was established under Dhaka Cantonment Board as a primary school for the children of defence personnel.[4] The school was renamed to Cantonment Girls School and upgraded to a high school.[4][5] The school was renamed after Lt. Md Anwar Hossain, who was killed in action in Jessore Cantonment during the Bangladesh Liberation War and received Bir Uttam gallantry award, in 1972.[6] It was upgraded into a college in 1990.[4] In April 2012, Concord Group awarded scholarships to students from the top ten schools in Dhaka including Shaheed Bir Uttam Lt. Anwar Girls School & College.[7] The school started Taekwondo classes in 2013 in partnership with the Bangladesh Taekwondo Federation.[8] The school participated in the National Debate Festival '14.[9] It also participated in the IGNITE competition organized by The Daily Star and Grameenphone.[10] In January 2016, after the government of Bangladesh increased the fees of some public schools in Dhaka including Shaheed Bir Uttam Lt. Anwar Girls School & College the parents protested in the street.[11] The government subsequently stopped the fee hike.[11][12] Shaheed Bir Uttam Lt. Anwar Girls School & College had a 99.86 per cent pass rate in 2017 in Higher Secondary School Certificate examination.[13] In 2018, the Shaheed Bir Uttam Lt. Anwar Girls School & College had a high school pass rate of 99.52 per cent, one of the highest.[14] In 2022, Shaheed Anwar Girls college won the Inter-cantonment English Debate Competition in the college category and were runners-up in the school category.[15][16] AlumniReferences
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