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St. Gregory's High School and College
St. Gregory's High School & College is a Catholic school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1882, when the city was part of British India, by Gregory De Groote, a Belgian Benedictine priest. The school, located on Municipal office street of the Luxmibazar neighborhood of Old Dhaka, was named after Pope Gregory I (540–604). Brother Placid Peter Rebeiro, CSC, is the current principal of the institution.
In 1882, the American priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross took over the Vicariate of East Bengal from the Benedictine Fathers. At the time, Mr. and Mrs. Wise — who were Protestants — ran a school in the present Wiseghat area near the River Buriganga. In this school, most of the students were of European or Anglo-Indian Catholic communities. Anglican and Baptist pastors were allowed to teach religion at this school. Father Francis Boers, CSC, made numerous efforts to be a teacher of Catholic Religion to the Catholic students at the school, but was not allowed. Out of frustration, he started an English-medium school on the grounds of the present adjoining St. Francis Xavier's Convent and girls' high school, that came into being later. The renamed St. Gregory's School shifted to the present site in 1896.
Until 1912, both boys and girls were students of St. Gregory's High School. When St. Francis Xavier Girls' School came into being in 1912, St. Gregory's became a boys-only school. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, the school started the Bengali-medium section. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the school had only a Bengali-medium section. In 2008, the institution established an English-Version section, which is still operational. Currently, both Bengali-Medium section and English-Version section runs parallelly.
Early in 1914, a one-story building was torn down to make room for the present "Darjeeling" building and the latrines. Also, the scout troop, the first in Dhaka, was started and had 40 scouts. Bengali replaced Latin as a second language in 1915. Later that year, Fr. Crowley resigned as headmaster.
Basketball was introduced into the school in 1923, which is believed to be the first time basketball was played in the country.[citation needed] In July 1923, Fr. Hennessy gained permission to change the European-style school to the Education Board examination. On June 2, 1924, permanent recognition was granted to St. Gregory's School.
Amartya Sen, who won a Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998, had been a student of St. Gregory's High School. During a visit to Dhaka on December 19, 1998, he visited the school of his childhood and was present at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new school building.
In 2016, the school was upgraded to Higher Secondary level by the Ministry of Education. Since then, the institute has been registered as St. Gregory's High School & College.
The demonym for the students of the school is "Gregorian". The "Gregorian Association" is the official alumni association of this school, founded in 1985.
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St. Gregory's High School and College
St. Gregory's High School & College is a Catholic school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1882, when the city was part of British India, by Gregory De Groote, a Belgian Benedictine priest. The school, located on Municipal office street of the Luxmibazar neighborhood of Old Dhaka, was named after Pope Gregory I (540–604). Brother Placid Peter Rebeiro, CSC, is the current principal of the institution.
In 1882, the American priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross took over the Vicariate of East Bengal from the Benedictine Fathers. At the time, Mr. and Mrs. Wise — who were Protestants — ran a school in the present Wiseghat area near the River Buriganga. In this school, most of the students were of European or Anglo-Indian Catholic communities. Anglican and Baptist pastors were allowed to teach religion at this school. Father Francis Boers, CSC, made numerous efforts to be a teacher of Catholic Religion to the Catholic students at the school, but was not allowed. Out of frustration, he started an English-medium school on the grounds of the present adjoining St. Francis Xavier's Convent and girls' high school, that came into being later. The renamed St. Gregory's School shifted to the present site in 1896.
Until 1912, both boys and girls were students of St. Gregory's High School. When St. Francis Xavier Girls' School came into being in 1912, St. Gregory's became a boys-only school. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, the school started the Bengali-medium section. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the school had only a Bengali-medium section. In 2008, the institution established an English-Version section, which is still operational. Currently, both Bengali-Medium section and English-Version section runs parallelly.
Early in 1914, a one-story building was torn down to make room for the present "Darjeeling" building and the latrines. Also, the scout troop, the first in Dhaka, was started and had 40 scouts. Bengali replaced Latin as a second language in 1915. Later that year, Fr. Crowley resigned as headmaster.
Basketball was introduced into the school in 1923, which is believed to be the first time basketball was played in the country.[citation needed] In July 1923, Fr. Hennessy gained permission to change the European-style school to the Education Board examination. On June 2, 1924, permanent recognition was granted to St. Gregory's School.
Amartya Sen, who won a Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998, had been a student of St. Gregory's High School. During a visit to Dhaka on December 19, 1998, he visited the school of his childhood and was present at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new school building.
In 2016, the school was upgraded to Higher Secondary level by the Ministry of Education. Since then, the institute has been registered as St. Gregory's High School & College.
The demonym for the students of the school is "Gregorian". The "Gregorian Association" is the official alumni association of this school, founded in 1985.