Ideal School and College, also known as Motijheel Ideal School and College or Ideal High School is an educational institution in Bangladesh established in 1965. Although the school was set up to cater for the children of surrounding areas, students come from all parts of Dhaka. In the SSC examination of 2008, it became the most successful school in the country in terms of the number of students achieving GPA 5. In 2009 it achieved the highest percentage of both GPA 5 and passing rate. Ideal School and College have three campuses inside Dhaka in Motijheel, Banasree and Mughda.
History
The school was founded on 15 March 1965 by Mohammad Faizur Rahman. Following the inauguration, till 1968 it was a junior school. In 1972 the school was converted into a high school. The students from the school participated in Secondary School Certificate examination for the first time in 1973 and earned an extraordinary success for the very first time. During the first 25 years, the school kept its growth as a high school only. Following the demand and the requests from the guardians, a college for female students was added here in 1991. To make room for more students the administration opened a new branch on the occasion of the 30th anniversary in 1996. That branch started its activities at Rampura with 702 students. Mohammad Faizur Rahman is the founder-headmaster of the institution. Seeing the request of people, the government has granted 1 acre and 6 katha or 402 m2 for a very new branch in Mugda. In 2011, the third branch of Ideal School and College started its journey.
1996: Started a new branch in Rampura Banasree project.
2003: Establishment of English Version.
2007: Completion of a four-storied school campus for the Banasree branch.
2010: Construction started for a separate campus for English Version.
2011: 8 June, a new branch opened at Mugda, Dhaka.
2012: Authority decided to open English version on Banasree Branch.
2012: 9 June, a regular committee has been formed by the direct vote of the guardians and teachers.
2013: Construction of 2 Storied academic building at Banasree has been started.
2014: 26 October, construction of five stories of the English version building is completed.
2016: Start of construction of 8th to 10th storey of Academic Bhaban.
2017: Construction of 8th to 10th storey of Academic Bhaban is completed.
Campus
The institute has three campuses in Dhaka. Motijheel, Banasree and Mugda.
Motijheel
The Main Branch and College campus is beside Peerjongi's Majar and Motijheel AGB Colony. It was established on 15 March 1965 with the help of the people of AGB Colony. In 1980, President Ziaur Rahman granted 1.2 acres of this campus. There are six buildings.
The third campus is in Mugda. The government granted 1 acre and 6 katha or 402 m2 land in 2010. It started classes with 1800 students on 20 March 2011. Classes are held in a one-storied tin-shed building. On 8 June 2011, Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of the Academic Building. A 5 storied building has been settled there.
Academics
The school offers primary and secondary education for boys and girls even though it is non-co-educational. Generally, boys and girls are split into separate shifts. Girls attend school in the morning shift while boys attend their classes starting at noon. Boys of class 1 to 3 attend classes in the morning shift. Morning shift starts from 6:45 am and ends at 11:30 am. Day shift starts at 12:00 am and ends at 5:15 pm.
