Dhaka Residential Model College - Campus

Campus

Dhaka Residential Model College is located on a 60-acre (24 ha) campus in a residential neighborhood. The campus is in northwest Dhaka at Mirpur Road, just opposite the official residence of the Prime Minister. With 20 buildings (including the newly built Dr.Muhammad Shahidullah House), six of which are dormitories, it is one of the largest residential colleges in the country. The campus consists of dormitories, eight teachers' quarters, individual residences for the principal and vice-principal, staff quarters, a mosque, five basketball courts, several volleyball courts, a laundry shop, an auditorium, an administrative building, eight full-size football fields and an infirmary. The infirmary, which houses 20 beds, has arrangements for the treatment of common diseases and necessary vaccinations. It is headed by two doctors and has several pharmacists. The school has its own water-pump for the water supply of the college. In total, the college has 15 fields and playgrounds. Two buildings known as Academic Buildings are used for academic purposes. Academic Building 1, for ninth grade through to twelfth grade, is located at the northeast side; Academic Building 2, for third grade through to the eighth grade, is located at southeast corner of the campus. A monument has been built in front of Academic Building 1 to commemorate those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations of 1952. The Language Movement was a political effort in East Pakistan, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as an official language of Pakistan. The campus also has a mini-zoo with deer and different species of birds called 'Bihangan Neer', (Bengali:বিহঙ্গ নীড়) which means birds' nest.