Khulna Public College

Khulna Public College (KPC) খুলনা পাবলিক কলেজ
College Logo এস জ্ঞানের সন্ধানে,ফিরে যাও দেশের সেবায় Come to learn and go to serve your country
Location
Jalil Sarani, Boyra Khulna, 9000 Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°50′11″N 89°31′58″E / 23.83639°N 89.53278°E / 23.83639; 89.53278Coordinates: 23°50′11″N 89°31′58″E / 23.83639°N 89.53278°E / 23.83639; 89.53278
Information
Type	Autonomous
Established	20 January 1987 (1987-01-20)
Founder	Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
School board	Jessore Education Board
Educational authority	Board of Governors, Khulna Public College[1]
Principal	Lt. Col. Md. Jahangir Alam, AEC
Staff	99
Teaching staff	175
Grades	3 to 12
Gender	Boys
Enrollment	2,880
Medium of language	Bengali
Hours in school day	10 hours: Morning Shift (8.00 AM-1.00 PM) and Day Shift (1.30 PM-5.30 PM)
Campus	Boyra, Khulna-9000
Campus size	5.3482 acres
Campus type	Urban
Houses	2
Sports	Football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, handball
Publication	Protyasha-প্রত্যাশা
Website	kpcbd.org

Khulna Public College (also referred to as KPC) (Bengali: খুলনা পাবলিক কলেজ) formerly known as "Sundarban Boys' Public School" is an autonomous educational institution directly administered by Ministry of Education in Boyra, Khulna, Bangladesh.^[2] It offers education from Grades 3 to Grade 12. KPC was awarded as the best digital educational institution of Khulna zone in 2015.^[3][4]

History

From 2003 day shift was started by KPC administration.So,now KPC offers education in two shifts named morning shift (8.00AM-1.00PM)and day shift(1.30PM-5.30PM).

Administration

The college is governed by a governing body.^[5] The Secretary of the Ministry of Education of The People's Republic of Bangladesh is the Chairman of the Board of Governors.^[5][6] The chief of the administration of college is Principal while there are two Vice Principals in each of the shifts (morning and day shifts).^[7]

Heads of KPC

The academic and administrative building of KPC

Education

Khulna Public College offers primary, secondary and higher secondary education and emphasizes student discipline in all of their activities. KPC provides education to its students in the Primary,lower Secondary, Secondary and Higher Secondary level in Bengali medium under the national curriculum. Students take SSC or Secondary School Certificate (after completing grade 10 which is equivalent to the O Levels in the UK), Higher Secondary (School) Certificate (HSC) (public examination taken after completing grade 12 which is equivalent to the high school diploma in the United States and the A Levels in the UK) examinations, the Junior School Certificate (JSC) ( Public exam for eighth graders) and Primary School Certificate (PSC) (Public exam for fifth graders). The institution has a library with 5,824 volumes along with physics, chemistry, computer science, biology, mathematics, and geography labs for performing experiments.^[8] Bright students participate in Mathematics Olympiad, Physics Olympiad, and Astronomy Olympiad.^[9][10][11]

Curriculum

KPC follows the national education curriculum of Bangladesh. The curriculum includes primary, lower secondary, secondary and higher secondary school academic subjects. Classes in computing are compulsory and optional for grades 9-12. Students can take music, guitar lessons. Students of secondary (9 and 10) and higher secondary (11 and 12) classes elect to one of three major groups : Humanities, Business Studies and Science. Students of grade 10 and 12 are prepared for their SSC and HSC examinations respectively. Students of grade 8 are also prepared for their Junior School Certificate (public exam which is also scholarship test for eighth graders).^[8]

Academic performance

Academic performance of KPC in Secondary School Certificate in the recent years are as following:^[12][13]

Performance in the Higher Secondary Certificate examination of some of the recent years are as follows:^[12][13][14]

Campus

The cenotaph of KPC for the memory of the martyrs of the great liberation war of Bangladesh

Khulna Public College is located on a 5.3482 acres campus in a residential neighborhood.^[8] The campus consists of house for students, individual residences for the principal, a mosque, an auditorium,gardens, two interlinked building, a new academic building,an old building and a huge play ground.The old building is now out of use. The academic parts of these buildings consist of class rooms,a library with a reading room,laboratories for biology, chemistry, physics, geography, psychology and a very modern computer lab.^[15] The administration portions consist of principal's office,offices for other administrative work, a teachers' lounge, a Central Hall, a common room for teachers etc.^[16] There is a cenotaph for the memory of the martyrs of the great liberation war of Bangaldesh.

Library

The institution has a library with 5,824 volumes.The library has a rich collection of Text Book,supplementary Books,other Books and great number of Journals and Newspapers.^[17] The library is open during academic hours.There is also a reading room adjacent with library.

Co-curricular and extra-curricular activities

Cultural Week

KPC takes special emphasis to literary and cultural activities of the students to rise their potential creativity. A yearly cultural week is observed with debate, recitation, music, drama, story telling, caricature, drawing etc.^[18] The college organizes an annual function on 21 February to observe the International Mother Language Day. It holds programs on the occasion of Pohela Boishakh, Independence Day, and Victory Day,KPC Day(20 January:anniversary of foundation) .^[6][8]

Sports

Sports is one of the major features of life at Khulna Public College.^[19] Among the outdoor games football and cricket are the most popular. Cricket is played in winter while football in summer. KPC has teams for football, cricket that participate in national and regional games.KPC also hosts many tournaments on its grounds.Within the college, teams from every classes of two houses take part in annual football, cricket tournaments.^[20] KPC has indoor games facilities including table tennis, carom, chess and word making. Boards needed for these indoor-games are placed in the college common room and hallways. Every year in January Khulna Public College arranges sports week.All the students of two houses take part and show their skill in various events.running, relay races, long jump, high jump, shot put,most common throwing like weight, javelin, discus are the most common events of sports week.^[21][22][23]

Publications

KPC publishes a magazine annually named Protyasha (Bengali: প্রত্যাশা ). Protyasha means expectations in Bengali. The students of KPC publish Wall Magazines under the guidance of the teachers to celebrate various occasions such as 1st Baishakh(Bengali New Year),the Independence Day,the Victory Day, International Mother Language and other significant Day for the Bengali and Bangladesh.^[24]

Uniform

Uniform of the students of KPC

Epaulettes are compulsory for all students of KPC.^[25] The epaulettes of grades 3-6 and grades 7-12 are 1.25 inch and 1.50 inch wide respectively.

Silver Jubilee

20 January 2012 was the silver jubilee of Khulna Public College.^[15][26] The ex-students and the present students of that time of KPC got together for celebrating that historical moment.

Photo Gallery

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  Old academic building of KPC
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  Academic Building

See also

• List of educational institutions in Khulna

References

External links

• Official Khulna Public College College website