Dhaka Residential Model College
Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Dhaka
Category: College, -College (HSC),
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Dhaka Residential Model College (also referred to as DRMC)
(Bengali: ঢাকা রেসিডেনসিয়াল মডেল
কলেজ) is a prestigious and historic public residential school, located
at Mirpur Road, Mohammadpur, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The college offers education
for students ranging from third grade to twelfth grade (approximately ages 8 to
18). DRMC is the largest Residential Public School & College in the
country.
History
Dhaka Residential Model College was established by Pakistani
President (Former Army General) Ayub Khan in 1960 on an area of about 52 acres
beside Mirpur Road near Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka.
In 1962, the administration of DRMC was assumed by the
provincial government of then East Pakistan.
In 1965, the government converted the institution into an
autonomous body, and its administration was relegated to a board of governors
with the Chief Secretary as its chairman. In 1967, the government again took
control of the school. At that time, a new board of governors was constituted
with the Education Secretary as its chairman.
The initial purpose of establishing DRMC was to provide
education for the sons of elite military officers and high-ranking government
officials in East Pakistan. The school, and later the college, were modeled
after public schools in the United Kingdom (according to the British Public
Schools Act 1868), particularly Eton College.
The house system was designed to resemble Eton's. After the
independence of Bangladesh, a board of governors was appointed with the
Education Secretary as its chairman. Since its inception, the school has been
funded through government grants and minimal student fees. The Board of
Governors has been empowered to “frame rules as it deems necessary for the
proper functioning of the school”.
The school began with only one study session, known as the
Morning shift which operates from 8:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. In March 1993,
another session is known as the Day shift was added, according to the education
expansion policy of the government, to cope with the growing number of
students.
The day shift session operates from 1:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Measures were taken to build park, swimming pool, auditorium, mosque,
administrative building,hospital and residences for the principal,
vice-principal, teachers and school staff.
The school opened in eleventh and twelfth grades in 1967. In
1978, another dormitory named Lalon Shah House was built for students in grades
11–12. In 2008, a four-storied dormitory named Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah House
was built for students of the Day shift. Later it was turned into a house for
Morning shift. Day shift currently does not have any physical dormitory
although it has a dormitory-like entity named Jasim Uddin House.