Pogose School

Pogose Laboratory School and College , IER , Jagannath University
Location
Chittaranjan Avenue, Dhaka-1100 Bangladesh
Information
Type	Private
Established	June 12, 1848
Head of school	Syed Zulfiquiar Alam Chowdhury (From August 4, 2010)
Grades	Class 1−10
Campus size	5-acre (20,000 m2)

Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University (Bengali: পোগোজ ল্যাবরেটরি স্কুল এন্ড কলেজ ,আ.ই.আর,জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) was established in Dhaka on 12 June 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 up.

According to historian Muntasir Mamun Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University started in 1848. It was also found that the school may have started a few years back as 99 student were suspended due to inability to pay extended fees. After that former principal of that time Dr. A T Wise opened a school named Union School mainly for the poor and helpless students. But the school stopped after two years and then Pogose came to take over the school at his own expense. He gave the name Pogose School.

This school was named Pogos Anglo Vernacular School at Dhaka. The school might have started in his own house and later moved to his friend JC Paniati’s home. Paniati was paid 10tk as house rent. Former Head Master of the school Monindrachandra Vattachariya the school moved from Paniati’s house to the inside of Armenisa Church at the "Sudhamay House" or beside the Shabistan Cinema Hall. That house has a big balcony, a garden and a cricket ground.

In 1878 the school was taken over by Mohinimohon Das a famous Zamindar and Banker after Pogose himself left Dhaka for London. After the death of Mohinimohon Das in 1896 the school was looked after by the trustee board of the Zamindari Estate and moved it to Chittaranjan Avenue where at still belongs.Most probably, Mohonomohon's mother gave the responsibility to Headmaster Proshonnokumar and Asst. Headmaster Horihor Dhor in 1907.

N.P.Pogose was not only its founder, but also he was its headmaster of it. He knew both English and Bangla very well. So, he didn’t face any problem. It is found from a report of Dhaka College that the income of the school on 1850 was 50 rupees, and expenditure was 90 rupees. N.P.Pogose paid the all of the expenses from his own pocket. He also managed 0–75 rupees donation from 'Company Government'. Mohini Mohon also donated three thousand taka every year when he was its owner.

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