Kalai Moyen Uddin High School or Kalai MU High School (বাঙলা: কালাই ময়েন উদ্দীন উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is a secondary school located in the Kalai Upazila under Joypurhat District of Bangladesh. It is a Bangla medium semi-government high school operating under the Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board of Rajshahi. It was established in 1913. Its founder Moyen Uddin Talukder was a social leader and a landlord from the Talukder family of Kalai.
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Location
The school is near the Kalai Thana Health Complex, half a kilometer from the Joypurhat-Bogra road and Kalai Thana Headquarters. The bi-weekly Kalai haat (market) is nearby. The school is well connected by road, drawing its students from Kalai Upazila.
History
During the British era, just after the cancellation of the partition of Bengal in 1911 (Banga Vanga), a number of educational institutions were established in the then East Bengal (now Bangladesh). The partition of Bengal (1905) would have been beneficial to the eastern part of Bengal (the present day Bangladesh) with Dhaka as its capital, and development works of this area would have been more focused. But in the wake of much political turmoil and debate it was cancelled in 1911. The British Government allowed the people of East Bengal more educational institutes, more budget allocation for development works, etc., mainly to appease the aggravated inhabitants. There was no seat of higher secondary education in the Khetlal Thana under the Joypurhat Mohokuma of Bogra District. As a result, some local people took the initiative to start a school.
Kalai was a village under the Khetlal Thana. Later Kalai became a separate thana. The school started with the name Kalai High English Institute in 1913 and was recognized by Calcutta (Kolkata) University in 1916. The school was first built on land donated by the local Talukder family. In 1933, a member of the Talukder family, Moyen Uddin, donated two large ponds to the school, and the school was named after him. The school has been donated 10-acre (40,000 m2) land up until now.
Staff and facilities
The school offers studies in Science, Humanities and Commerce, and is equipped with a science laboratory, computers, library and physical fitness/gymnastics equipment. Kalai M. U. High School hosts cultural events and celebrates national days such as Independence Day, Victory Day, and International Mother Language Day.
Headmasters
The founding headmaster was Babu Gyanendra Kumar Bagchi. The current and 14th headmaster is Abdul Mannan Talukder.
Academics
In 1969 nine students got First Division in the SSC examination. In the SSC examination of 2009, 64 students passed out of 87 with a passing rate of 73.56%, A+ was secured by 5 students, A = 21, A- = 18, B = 17 & C = 3 students. Since the grading system in SSC has been introduced, many students have achieved the highest GPA of 5.00. During the marks system, Md. Zahid Hossain (SSC batch 1993, working as Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, BUET) was the only student to get letter marks in all papers. The highest marks ever recorded by a student of the school is 858.