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Bogura Cantonment Public School and College (Bengali: বগুড়া ক্যান্টনমেন্ট পাবলিক স্কুল ও কলেজ) is an educational institution located at Shajahanpur upazila of Bogura district in Bangladesh. It was established in 1979 by the then president of Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman.[1]

TypeNon-government
Mottoرب زدنى علما
(O Lord, give me wisdom)
Established1979; 47 years ago (1979)
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Bogura Cantonment Public School and College
বগুড়া ক্যান্টনমেন্ট পাবলিক স্কুল ও কলেজ
Location
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24.7604°N 89.3961°E / 24.7604; 89.3961
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TypeNon-government
Mottoرب زدنى علما
(O Lord, give me wisdom)
Established1979; 47 years ago (1979)
FounderZiaur Rahman
School board
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi
Chairman
Md Bellal Ahmed
Principal
Md Mokkel Rana
Teaching staff
177
Employees168
GradesSSC, HSC
GenderMale, Female
Enrollment6000+
LanguageBengali, English
Campus size
17 acres
ColorsSchool Branch:
  White   Sky Blue
  Navy Blue
College Branch:
  White   Grey
  Navy Blue
NicknameBCPSC
Yearbookপ্রতিভা
AffiliationBangladesh Army
EIIN119251
School Code4350
College Code4500
Websitebcpsc.edu.bd
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As of 2019, it has a student body of 6,130. It has been identified as one of the top institutions under Rajshahi Education Board several times in the previous years.[2][3][4][5]

Academic activities

Main entrance of BCPSC

Major General S M Asadul Haque, ndc, psc, general officer commanding of 7th Infantry Division and Bogura Area Commander, is currently the chief patron of the institution.[6] Besides, the commander of 111 Infantry Brigade, Md Raju Ahmed is the chairman of the [7] and Md Masud Rana is serving as the principal.[8]

Co-curricular activities

Annual Sports March-past

For the co-curricular activities of the institution, there are various clubs such as Debate, General Knowledge, Math Olympiad, Science Club, Language Club, Taekwondo, Handwriting, Painting, Public Speaking, Dance, Singing, Poetry Recitation etc.

Though these co-curricular activities are held very rarely and half of the co-curricular activites are abandoned by the school as of 2026.[9]

Achievements

In the year 2024, the school branch of this institution was ranked 1st as Best School and the college branch was ranked 2nd as 1st Runner-up among all cantonment public schools and colleges.[10]

In addition, the school branch secured the 1st position as Best School and the college branch secured the 2nd position as 1st Runner-up in the years 2020 and 2019 previously.[11]

In 2021, two students of Bogura Cantonment Public School and College, Md. Oman Zafar and Sneha Mahjabin, won the first and second prizes in the World Quiz Competition of the International Virtual Debate Festival, held in Bangladesh and organised by National Debate Federation Bangladesh (NDFBD). Md. Noman Zafar and Sneha Mahjabin secured the first and second position among 400 students from 36 countries of the world respectively.[12]

Shajedur Rahman Shahed, who was selected as the Best Banglabid in the 3rd season of the Ispahani Mirzapore Banglabid competition, aired on Channel i in 2019, was a student of this institution.[13][14]

In the year 2022, in the International Talent Hunt Competition organized by NASA (a part of the NASA Artemis Program), MD. Huzaifa Rahman, a student of the institution, got the opportunity of training and scholarship in the United States by winning the 28th place among the entire Bangladesh and 38th position internationally. He was also the global finalist in the 'Stockholm Junior Water Prize' competition in 2024.[15]

In 2024, a team of young students from Bogura Cantonment Public School and College achieved the 1st place in the school-based quiz competition Sobjanta, aired on Duronto TV. They achieved the winners' title by defeating Holycross Girls' High School in the final.[16]

In public exams like JSC, SSC and HSC examinations, the institution has stood first in 'Rajshahi Education Board' several times. In the recent SSC and HSC examinations in 2024 the institution has a result of 100% pass with 26.96 and 1.26 A+ grades respectively.[17][18]

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