Tejgaon College
| Motto | Assiduous, Diligent, Devoted, Creative, Be a Builder |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1961 |
| Principal | Md. Abdur Rashid |
Academic staff | 150+ |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban, 03 ha |
| Website | www |
Tejgaon College (Bengali: তেজগাঁও কলেজ) is a college in Dhaka city,[1] Bangladesh which was founded in 1961.[2] It has 30,000 students.[citation needed]
Tejgaon College is located at Farmgate, at the Dhaka city centre. It had started off as a night college in a school campus at Sadarghat.
It is a university college since it now offers honours and master's courses on 25 to 27 subjects under the National University. Established on over 1-acre (4,000 m2) of land, there are six multi-storeyed buildings, five six-storied buildings and one single-storied building, in addition to various other buildings in the compound.
History[edit]
Tejgaon College was founded in 1996 on the campus of Islamia High School with the name Dhaka Night College. The founding president of the college was Shafiqul Islam, then Minister of Education. The school was shifted to the campus of Madrassah-e-Alia by then education minister Mafizuddin Ahmad. After a while the campus was shifted to Tejgaon Polytechnic High School. It relocated to Crown Laundry in Tejgaon and then moved again across the street to Al-Razi Hospital, where Dhaka Night College was renamed Tajgaon College.[3] Tofail Ahmed Chowdhury was the founding principal of the college.[4]
On 13 April 2009, the principal of Tejgaon College, Abdur Rashid, was arrested for misappropriating 30 million taka and selling fake certificates from 2003 to 2008.[5] On 8 July 2013, four students of the college were injured in clashes with students of the University of Dhaka.[6]
Departments[edit]
Professional Honours Courses[edit]
- Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
- Theater & Media Studies
- Tourism & Hospitality Management
Honours and Master's courses[edit]
- Accounting
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Chemistry
- Economics
- English
- Finance and Banking
- Geography and Environment
- Islamic Studies
- Management
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Social Welfare
- Islamic History and Culture
- Bangla
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Zoology
- Botany
Co-curricular activities[edit]
Tejgaon College has several organizations for co-curricular activity.
- Quality Improvement & International Tourist Club (QIITC)
- Debate Club
- Satyan Bose Science Club
- Sangeet Club
- BNCC (Bangladesh National Cadet Corps)
References[edit]
- ^ "Principal of the city's Tejgaon College Abdur Rashid and Editor of Bangladesh Protidin Noyeem Nizam, along with other distinguished persons at the memorial meeting and Doa Mahfil organized recently on the occasion of 9th death anniversary of former Principal and Founder of Tejgaon College Tofael Ahmed Chowdhury in the auditorium of the college". The New Nation. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ Sadeq, M. (16 August 2006). "Tejgaon College". The Daily Star (Letter to Editor).
- ^ "::Tejgaon College". Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Death anniversary". The Daily Star. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Tejgaon College principal held, freed on bail". The Daily Star. 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "4 hurt as DU, Tejgaon College students clash". The Daily Star. 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2020-08-22.