Viqarunnisa Noon School and College


Viqarunnisa Noon School and College is an all-girls higher secondary school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has 25,000 students at four campuses in the city. It is named after Viqar un Nisa Noon.

History

The school began as Ramna Preparatory School in 1947. Austrian Pakistani social worker Begum Viqar un Nisa Noon, wife of the then-governor of East Pakistan, Firoz Khan Noon, was impressed when she visited in 1950. With her support the school moved to its current Baily Road location, where it was renamed in her honour.
It expanded very soon to a high school and, in 1956, prepared students for the Senior Cambridge Examination.
In 1978, it started a college section with higher secondary courses.

Campuses

The main campus in Bailey Road covers about 6 acres of land. With growing admissions, the school eventually introduced multiple sections, afternoon shifts, and three branch campuses in Dhaka at Dhanmondi, Azimpur, and Bashundhara.
Dhanmondi address: House no.6, Road no.8, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka-1205.
Bashundhara address: Road no.8, 181/F,Bashundhara R/A, Dhaka.

Curriculum

There are English version and Bengali-medium courses of study in three programmes: humanities, science, and commerce. As of 2012, the school had 650 teachers. Enrollment is approximately 24,000. Only girls are admitted. The college section admits students from all branches of the school and from other areas of Bangladesh.

Extracurricular activities

The college took the first place in the combined merit list of the Higher Secondary Certificate examinations seven times between 1994 and 2006. The school also received the International Star for Quality Convention Award for its contribution to leadership development and excellence by providing quality education.