Govt. Fazlul Huq College, Chakhar

Govt. Fazlul Huq College is a public institution for higher education in Chakhar, a small town in Barisal district in Bangladesh. It was founded in 1940 by then Prime Minister of Bengal A K Fazlul Huq with a view to creating opportunity of higher education to underprivileged students in rural areas.[2] It offers higher secondary school certificate (HSC), as well as 3 years degree courses and 4 years honours programs which divisions are affiliated to the National University, Bangladesh. It is the second oldest and largest college in Barisal division and was previously affiliated with University of Calcutta before partition and University of Dhaka after formation of Pakistan and Bangladesh respectively.

Govt. Fazlul Huq College, Chakhar
সরকারি ফজলুল হক কলেজ, চাখার
TypePublic
Established27 November 1940 (1940-11-27)
AffiliationBangladesh National University
PrincipalProfessor SM Safiur Rahman
Students2980[1]
Address
Chakhar, Banaripara
,
Barisal
,
Bangladesh
CampusUrban (35.20 acres)
Websitefhcchakhar.gov.bd

History

Chakhar is a prominent village town in Barisal district best known for the parental home of the Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Huq. It's located about 16 miles to the north-west of the district headquarter and administrated under Chakhar union of Banaripara sub district. It is also home of some aristocratic Muslim families and Zammindars of Mughal era. The Zamindars were reported to have been entrusted with some revenue powers, especially collection of Chouth, i.e. chau-kar from which probably the name Chakhar originated.

During the early 1930s, Huq bequeathed his entire homestead and other ancestral properties at Chakhar for the interest of education. Chakhar, also patronised and inspired by him, gradually became an important centre of culture and education.

In 1940, Fazlul Huq College was established as a degree college at Chakhar. He also founded a high school, known as Chakhar Fazlul Huq Institution for boys (Multilateral) and the another for girls known as Wazed Memorial Girls High School. Huq himself also established a public library, a reading hall, a rural reconstruction society, a boys' club and a rural hospital in the village.[3]

The college was nationalized in 1978 by the Government of Bangladesh.

Library

The central library of Dhaka College was established in 1940 at the time of establishment of the college. It has a collection of 10,000 books sponsored by A K Fazlul Huq himself.

Academics

Fazlul Huq College offers H.S.C. , 3 years degree courses and four years Honours programs in various majors.

For HSC Level ↓
For Degree (Pass) Level ↓
  • B.A. (Pass)
  • B.Sc. (Pass)
  • B.B.S.(Pass)
For Honours Level ↓

References
  1. "জৌলুস হারাচ্ছে চাখার ফজলুল হক কলেজ". Jugantor. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. "Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq". The Daily Star. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. Rahman, Habibur. Bangladesh District Gazetteer BAKERGANJ (PDF). p. 371. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

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