Admissions are based on an entrance test and a viva-voce (oral examination). The school provides education to its students in Bengali and English medium under the national curriculum. Students are admitted into the institution in Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh grade. The institution has more than 5000 students and employs 200 teaching staff and 99 other staff. History:
RUMC was set up on an area of ab
out 4.5 acres (18,000 meter square) at Uttara in 1994 under the control and management of the Ministry of Education. In order to meet demand, the Ministry of Education established an educational institution in Uttara. Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Capital Development Authority) or RAJUK provided land for the school. The construction of the main academic building was completed in 1994 and the college section was formally inaugurated in the academic year 1994-1995 by the then Prime-Minister Khaleda Zia Due to acute shortage of infrastructural facilities another development project for construction of a new building was taken up in 1995 which was completed in two phases and the campus took its present shape in 2001. The school is under the control of an autonomous board of governors headed by the secretary, Ministry of Education. Although the school commenced with only one shift (Morning shift), later in 2003 a Day shift was launched to cope with the growing number of students. to 12:30 p.m. schedule is Morning Shift and the 12:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. schedule is Day Shift. Education:
RUMC provides education to its students in the Secondary and Higher Secondary level in both Bengali and English medium under the national curriculum. Students take SSC (public examination taken by students after completing grade 10) and HSC (public examination taken by students after completing grade 12) examinations and the Junior Scholarship Test (Government scholarship test for eighth graders). The school has an air conditioned library with 15000 volumes along with physics, chemistry, computer, biology, mathematics, geography labs for performing experiments. Bright students participate in mathematics, physics, and astronomy Olympiads. Curriculum:
RAJUK Uttara Model College follows the national curriculum. This curriculum includes lower secondary, secondary and higher secondary school academic subjects. Computer education is compulsory for grades 6-8 and optional for later grades. Students of grades 6-8 can take music, guitar lessons. Students of secondary (9 and 10) and higher secondary (11 and 12) classes elect to one of three major groups : Arts/Humanities, Business Studies and Science. Students of grade 10 and 12 are prepared for their SSC and HSC examinations respectively. Selected students of grade 8 are also prepared for their Junior Scholarship Test (Government scholarship test for eighth graders). Campus:
The RUMC campus has an area of 4.5 acres (18,000 m2), consisting of two inter-connected buildings, a 2.5 acres (10,000 m2) sports ground and a pair of basketball courts. The first building and the second building are five stories and eight stories high respectively. The first five floors, excluding the ground floor of both inter-connected buildings are used for academic purposes. The Central Hall, gymnasium, teachers' lounge, administrative offices are in the ground floor. The library, principal's office, biology lab, video lab, computer lab 1 are located in the first floor. The second floor has physics lab, internet lab, computer labs 2 and 3, and classrooms. The third floor consists of only classrooms. Chemistry lab and other classrooms are in the fourth floor. The fifth floor of the second building is used as living quarters for the principal and other staff. The dormitory for female students is located on this floor. Dormitories for resident male students are on the sixth and seventh floors. The playing ground is used for cricket, football, badminton, and handball. For more information visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAJUK_Uttara_Model_College
