Sujaul Senior Fazil Madrasha ( bn, সুজাউল সিনিয়র ফাযিল মাদ্রাসা, ar, المدرسة شجاع الفاضلية) is a private
madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
in the village of
Sujaul in
Barlekha Upazila
Barlekha ( bn, বড়লেখা, Bôrlekha) is an upazila (sub-district) of Moulvibazar District, located in Bangladesh's Sylhet Division.
Etymology
Barlekha Upazila is named after Barlekha (formerly 'Barlikha') which means Great ''Likha''. ...
, which is located in
Bangladesh
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's
Moulvibazar District
Moulvibazar ( bn, মৌলভীবাজার) also spelled Maulvibazar, Moulavibazar, and Maulavibazar, (former South Sylhet) is the southeastern district of Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh, named after the town of Moulvibazar. It ...
. It is currently led by Headmaster Muhammad Faizur Rahman with the assistant professor being Muhammad Muinuddin Siraji.
Location and premises
The madrasa is in close proximity to Office Bazar. The madrasa has four buildings in total; one of which is 4 floors.
History
It was established on 1 January 1890.
Since 1922, the students of this madrasa have been getting scholarships at different levels. In 1930, it became the first madrasa to achieve ''Dakhil'' (secondary) status in the Mohammedan Education's
Assam
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Board. It achieved ''Alim'' status in 1965 and ''Fazil'' (degree) status in 1967. Abdul Aziz, the vice principal, left the school in 2016.
Facilities
It has an active
alumni association known as the ''Ex-Student Council''. Courses are offered in a range of subjects such as
Qur'an
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,
hadith
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,
Arabic
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,
Arabic grammar
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, sarf,
fiqh
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,
Islamic history
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, mathematics, agriculture, biology, chemistry,
tafsir
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, communication and English.
References
Barlekha Upazila
Schools in Moulvibazar District
Educational institutions established in 1890
1890 establishments in India
Alia madrasas of Bangladesh
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