Pogose School

Pogose Laboratory School and College , IER , Jagannath University
Location
Map
6 Chittaranjan Avenue, Dhaka-1100

Bangladesh
Coordinates23°42′34″N 90°24′37″E / 23.7094°N 90.4102°E / 23.7094; 90.4102
Information
TypePrivate
EstablishedJune 12, 1848; 176 years ago (June 12, 1848)
Head of schoolSyed Zulfiquiar Alam Chowdhury
GradesClass 1−10
Campus size5-acre (20,000 m2)
Color(s)  Skyblue
  Yellow

Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University (Bengali: পোগোজ ল্যাবরেটরি স্কুল এন্ড কলেজ ,আ.ই.আর,জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) was established in Dhaka on June 12, 1848, as the first private school of the country by Armenian merchant Nicholas Pogose, who was an ex-student of Dhaka Collegiate School. It is located at Chittaranjan Avenue. The school was managed as a proprietary institution and in 1871, about a year after the death of Pogose, it was taken over by Mohini Mohan Das, a banker and zamindar. After the death of Das in 1896 his estate kept the school open.