Kumarkhali M.N. Pilot Secondary School

Kumarkhali M.N. Secondary School
কুমারখালী এম.এন. পাইলট মাধ্যমিক বিদ্যালয়
The school was established in this building, which was washed away by the Gorai river
Location
Puraton College Road, Elangi


Bangladesh
Coordinates23°51′35″N 89°13′40″E / 23.8598°N 89.2278°E / 23.8598; 89.2278
Information
Other nameKumarakhali Mathuranath Secondary School
Former nameKumarkhali M.N. High School
School typeMPO Secondary School
Established1856 (1856)
FounderShri Yukta Babu Mathuranath Kundu
School boardBoard of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jashore
School code117655 (EIIN)
PresidentZakaria Khan James[1]
HeadmasterFiroz Mohammad Basar[1]
Classes6th-10th
LanguageBengali
Campus typeCity
Websitekumarkhalimnsecondaryschool.jessoreboard.gov.bd

Kumarkhali M.N. Pilot Secondary School (Bengali: কুমারখালী এম.এন. পাইলট মাধ্যমিক বিদ্যালয়) is an old secondary school located in Kumarkhali of Kushtia District.[1] The school was established in 1856. In terms of antiquity, the school is notable not only in Kushtia district but also in the entire Nadia district.

History

There was an abandoned Nilkuthi in the present Kumarkhali Municipal area. In 1856, Sri Yukta Babu Mathuranath Kundu established an English school in the abandoned Neelkuthi to promote English education. Then the school came to be known as Kumarakhali Mathuranath High School after the founder.

The building in which the school was established in Neelkuthi got lost in the course of time in the Gorai River.

Educational activities

The school is under the Jessore Board at secondary level.[2] There are 03 sections in 9th-10th class, they are-

  1. Department of Science
  2. Department of Humanities
  3. Department of Commerce

Notable students

Bibliography

  • Md. Rezaul Karim (December 2022). কুষ্টিয়ার প্রত্ননিদর্শন [Archeology of Kushtia] (in Bengali). Dhaka: Gatidhara. p. 192. ISBN 978-984-8950-41-8.

References