Thakurgaon Government College

Thakurgaon Government College is an honors-level degree college in Thakurgaon, Bangladesh. It is situated in Thakurgaon town nearest to the south-east of the Tangon River. From this college, In west Thakurgaon Railway Station and in east Thakurgaon Bus-stand(old) are located. The college authority has declared their college as a campus free from politics, drug & smoking. This college is affiliated with Bangladesh National University. On 1 March 1980, this college was named Thakurgaon Government College after nationalized.

Thakurgaon Govt. College

Gate of Thakurgaon Govt. College
Former names	Thakurgaon Degree College
Type	Government College
Established	1959
Principal	Md. Golam Kibria Mondol
Students	11,101 (September-2013)[1]
Location	Thakurgaon , Rangpur , Bangladesh 26.0394°N 88.4529°E
Campus	Town, 33 acres
Affiliations	National University
Sports	Cricket, soccer, table tennis
Website	tgc.edu.bd

History

The college was established in 1959. On 8 June 1959, it was raised a demand to established a college in Thakurgaon in meeting of "Sub-division Social Development Fund Committee". On that meeting has been taken a decision to establish this college. That times, this college was started with fifty students with temporarily appointed principal Sir Rustom Ali Khan who was the headmaster of Thakurgaon High School.[2]

Campus

Science Building of Thakurgaon Govt. College

The excellent environment with green trees and the crowding of students have made the campus of 31 acres more living and more animated. There has Science, Business, Arts and Administrative buildings and also a Library. There has also Dormitory of Teachers, Mosque, Ponds, Computer Lab, Sahid Minar and play ground.[2]

Total amount of land of this college is 33 acres.

There has a rich library as name as "Central Library". Total number of books in seminar is 10,859 and the total number of books in central library is 12,844.[2]

Academics

In 1997-1998 session of this college, Bangladesh National University confessed Thakurgaon Degree College as a Honor's College after authorizing to open Honor's course in economics, accounting, mathematics and political science and next year has been confessed to open other six subject such as botany, English, management, Bengali, zoology and Islamic history and culture. In 2010-2011 session, philosophy and history were included in Honor's course and physics, chemistry in 2011-2012 session. On 23 April 2011, it opened master's course in four subject English, Bengali, economics, botany.

The total number of students is 11,101 with H.S.C, Honor's, Degree(Pass) and Master's.[1]

The total number of teachers is 75.

The college offers Higher School Certificate, Degree (Pass), Honor's and Master's courses.

Higher School Certificate

• Science
• Business
• Humanities

Degree (Pass)

1. B.A.
2. B.S.S.
3. B.Sc.
4. B.B.S.

Honor's

1. Bengali
2. English
3. Economics
4. Management
5. Botany
6. Zoology
7. Political Science
8. Islamic History and Culture
9. Philosophy
10. Accounting
11. Mathematics
12. Chemistry
13. Physics
14. History

Master's

1. English
2. Bengali
3. Economics
4. Botany

The examination pass rate is: Higher Secondary Certificate (2013) 83.03%, Degree(2011) 68.52%, Honor's (2010) 93.35%।[1]

Result of Higher Secondary Certificate

Exam Year	Examinees	Got GPA-5	Promoted	Rate of Pass
2013	778	85	646	83.03%
2012	876	167	750	85.61%
2011	960	71	756	78.75%
2010	890	32	684	76.85%
2009	685	43	546	79.70%

Result of Degree (Pass)

Exam Year	Examinees	Promoted	Rate of Pass
2011	889	596	68.52%
2010	608	290	66.29%
2009	477	258	64.50%
2008	396	193	48.56%
2007	329	116	33.99%

2011

Result of Honor's Final Examination

Exam Year	Examinees	Promoted	Rate of Pass
2010	566	534	93.35%
2009	491	469	96.47%
2008	278	257	93.33%
2007	120	105	92.25%
2006	96	87	86.13%

Organizations of volunteer

BNCC, Rovar, Red crescent, Badhon.

References

1. "Thakurgaon Govt. College". Thakurgaon Government College. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
2. "Thakurgaon Govt. College - 3502". National University. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

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