The Mymensingh District is a district in Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh, and is bordered on the north by Meghalaya, a state of India and the Garo Hills, on the south by Gazipur District, on the east by the districts of Netrokona and Kishoreganj, and on the west by the districts of Sherpur, Jamalpur and Tangail. Mymensingh is the 8th administrative divisional headquarter and 12th city corporation of Bangladesh. According to Ministry of Public Administration, Mymensingh is ranked 4th in district status. The density of Mymensingh city is 44,458/km2 which is the second most densely populated city in Bangladesh. Mymensingh attracts 25 percent of health tourists visiting Bangladesh. Once known as the largest district of the Indian subcontinent. Mymensingh town is the district headquarters. Mymensingh had the largest economy in the nation until Mohokuma Tangail rebelled and took over more than one-third of its land by the support of Pakistan's dictatorship.
Mymensingh is a metropolitan city and capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh. Located on the bank of Brahmaputra River, about 120 km (75 mi) north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center and educational hub of north-central Bangladesh. It is the administrative centre of Mymensingh District and Mymensingh Division.
Mymensingh Girls' Cadet College is a military high school for girls, located in Mymensingh city, Bangladesh, near Charpara. It was the first girls' cadet college in Bangladesh.
Nandail is an upazila of Mymensingh District in the division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh, and roughly 46 kilometers from Mymensingh City.
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) or Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) or Higher Secondary Education Certificate (HSE) is a secondary education qualification in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. It is equivalent to the final year of high school in the United States and GCE A level in the United Kingdom.
The national language and official language of Bangladesh is Bangla according to the third article of the Constitution of Bangladesh. The second most spoken language in Bangladesh is claimed to be Burmese which is spoken by the Marma tribe in Chittagong Hill districts as the districts border Myanmar; it is also spoken by the Rohingya people. Almost 99% of Bangladeshis speak Bengali as their first language. Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987 made it mandatory to use Bengali in all government affairs except in the cases of foreign relations. According to a 2022 census, Bengali is predominantly spoken by 99% of the country's population and it also serves as the national language of the nation. The indigenous people of northern and southeastern Bangladesh speak a variety of native languages. Bangladesh has 44 indigenous languages according to Professor Shameem Reza.
Vidyamoyee Govt. Girls' High School is a girls' public secondary school in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.The school was founded by Jagatkishore Acharya Chowdhury, the son of Vidyamoyee Devvya in 1873 during British Raj.
Muktagachha is a town and municipality in Mymensingh District in the division of Mymensingh. It is the administrative centre and urban centre of Muktagachha Upazila.
Royal Media College is an intermediate college in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. It is situated at 18 Gangadas Guha Road, Mymensingh, between the Male and Female Teachers' Training Colleges. The college is now considered an education-providing institution and has attracted retired teachers from different colleges in the town.
Abdul Monem Khan was a Bengali politician of East Pakistan who was the longest serving governor of East Pakistan from 1962 till 1969.
Ministry of Education, abbreviated as MoE, is the ministry responsible for secondary, vocational and tertiary education in Bangladesh. Primary education and mass literacy is the responsibility of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MOPME). The Ministry of Education contains two divisions:
Madhupur College is a university college located in Madhupur Upazila, Tangail, Dhaka, Bangladesh established in 1972. It offers Higher Secondary Level (HSC), degree level and provides some honours level courses. The college is affiliated with the National University and Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka.
The divisions of Bangladesh are divided into 64 districts or zila. The headquarters of a district is called a district seat. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas.
Safiuddin Sarker Academy and College, also known as SSAC, is a renowned educational institution with two shifts, is located at Tongi, Gazipur Sadar Upazila, Gazipur District, Bangladesh. The schools under the institution offer five years primary education, five years high school education and two years education for tertiary level. The language of instruction is Bengali. In 2016, about 8,000 students are enrolled. There are about 170 teaching staffs including Assistant Professors to Junior Teachers.
Mymensingh Polytechnic Institute or MPI is a polytechnic institute in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, established in 1963.
Mymensingh Division is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of 10,485 square kilometres (4,048 sq mi) and a population of 12,225,498 as of the 2022 census. It was formed in 2015 from districts previously composing the northern part of Dhaka Division. Its headquarters are in Mymensingh city in Mymensingh District.
Kendua Joyhari Spry Government High School is a public secondary school in Kendua, Netrakona District, Bangladesh.
Begum Fazilatunnecha Mujib Government Mohila College is a government educational institution in Fulbaria upazila of Mymensingh district, Bangladesh.
Satyapriya Roy (1907–1978) was a politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). A prominent leader of the teacher's movement. He was the General Secretary of the All Bengal Teachers Association from 1953 to 1964. He was the education minister in the West Bengal Government during the second Mukherjee ministry.
