1st reunion of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in 63 years

Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNSC) celebrates its first reunion 63 years after its establishment.

Viqarunnisa Alumni Association (VAA) organized the event on the school premises on Saturday.

The event brought together all the ex-students of the school. Many of them are now established in their respectable fields.

Parliament Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon were present among the guests.

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, speaking on the occasion, asked former students of VNSC and other potential women change-makers to come forward for the uplift of the women lagging behind.

She noted that, in terms of women’s empowerment and education, Bangladesh was ahead of many other countries. Women are now involved in various occupations and are thus in places where the country needs them.

The first woman Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament asked the school authorities to prepare their current students to face the global challenges ahead.

Appreciating the contributions of VNSC, Dr Chaudhury said the school had played “an important role” in women’s’ education in Bangladesh.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon, in his remarks, noted that “Viqarunnisa’s students are skilled, qualified and advanced in women empowerment.”

Menon, who chairs the VNSC Governing Body, appealed to private organisations to come forward in developing the infrastructure of the institution.

Ramna Preparatory School, established in 1947 at Bailey Road, was renamed Viqarunnisa Noon School in 1952.

At present, the institution has as many as 25,000 students in its school and college sections, said Sufia Khatun, the principal.

Earlier this year, ex-student Bushra Hasin Chowdhury and others took the initiative of giving shape to the school’s first-ever Alumni Association. The reunion was organised by the association.