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Uttara High School and College উত্তরা হাই স্কুল ও কলেজ
Address
Road# 1 & 27 Sector# 7, Uttara Dhaka, 1230 Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°52′15″N 90°23′51″E / 23.8709°N 90.3974°E / 23.8709; 90.3974
Information
Established	1985 (1985)
Status	Open
School board	Dhaka Education Board
School code	EIIN 108538, School 1377, College 1146
Chairman	Riad Hasan Riaz
Principal	Md. Hafizur Rahman Molla
Grades	I-XII
Gender	Girls (morning shift) Boys (day shift)
Age range	6–17
Enrollment	10,000+
Language	Bengali
Campus size	2.32 acres (9,400 m)
Campus type	Urban
Sports	Cricket, football, volleyball
Website	uhscdhaka.edu.bd

Uttara High School and College (UHSC; Bengali: উত্তরা হাই স্কুল ও কলেজ) is a Bangladeshi primary school, secondary school, and higher secondary school (grades I-XII) a few metres from the Dhaka-Mymensingh Road (Asian Highway). It is situated in the heart of Uttara Model Town at Sector- 07 about two kilometers from the Shahjalal International Airport.

History

The school was established in 1985.

In the Junior School Certificate (JSC) exams, the school placed eighth in 2010 and seventeenth in 2011, among schools under the Dhaka Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education.

Campus

Uttara High School and College's campus is 2.32 acres (9,400 m2). It has a ground field for students.

Notable alumni

• Mahiya Mahi, film actress
• Mir Mugdho, student activist killed during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
• Nurul Haq Nur, vice president of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (2019–2020)

References

1. সাধারণ তথ্য [General Information]. Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
2. "The Top 20 schools". bdnews24.com. 30 December 2010.
3. "Rajuk's Uttara school tops Dhaka board". bdnews24.com. 28 December 2011.
4. Islam, Zia Nazmul (15 February 2014). "Mahi Fire in Disguise". The Daily Star.
5. "A life full of promises cut short". The Business Standard. 29 July 2024.
6. ডাকসুর নতুন ভিপি নুরুল হক - কোটা আন্দোলন থেকে যেভাবে ছাত্র সংসদের শীর্ষ নেতা [DUCSU's new VP Nurul Haque - the top leader of student union since the quota movement]. BBC News (in Bengali). 13 March 2019.

External links

• Media related to Uttara High School and College at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

• Educational institutions in Uttara
• Educational institutions established in 1985
• High schools in Bangladesh
• Schools in Dhaka District
• 1985 establishments in Bangladesh