A SHORT HISTORY OF BEGUMGONJTEXTILEENGINEERINGCOLLEGE
TextileEngineeringCollege, Begumgonj Noakhali has a historical background. During the British colonial rule from 1911 to 1929, thirty three peripatetical WeavingSchool was established in East Bangle to meet Technical by offering Artisan level course of 6 months duration. TextileEngineeringCollege, Begumgonj Noakhali is one of them which was establish in1918. In 1968 it was upgraded to District Weaving school offering 1- years course and in 1981 District Textile Institute offerering 2- years Certificate course in Textile Technology. But the Certificate course was not acceptable to the industry. In 1994 a 3- year Diploma course was introduced under Bangladesh Technical Education Board which treated as a mile stone for the Textile Education. Duration of this course was extended to 4- years in 2001.
In order tomeet the challenge of increasing demand of new sophisticated & latest technology, Government decided to upgrade this to B.Sc. in TextileEngineeringCollege in 2006 to offer B.Sc. in Textile Engineering Course affiliated by the ChittagongUniversity.
Zorargong is a village based area with amazing natural beauty EngineeringCollege is situated by the side of the old DT(Dhaka Trunk) Road passing through Zorargonj Bazar. It was established in the year 1911 as a PeripateticWeavingSchool, which was the result of “SHAWDESHI ANDULLON” during the British regime. It was transferred to the Dewanpur near entry point of mohuri project Road in 1960. In 1980 the course of Peri-pateticWeavingSchool was Up-graded to 2-year certificate course in textile technology, which was named as District Textile Institute. In 1994 a 3-year Diploma course was introduced in this institution under-Bangladesh Technical Education Board to meet-up the growing demand of mid level technologist. Duration of this course was extended to 4-year from 2001. Considering the high demand of Textile Engineers for the fast growing textile sector, the government has been taken necessary steps to introduce 4-year Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering affiliated to the University of Chittagong, abolishing The Textile Diploma Course from session 2006-2007.
College of Textile Engineering and Technology is only one of its kind in the country, meets the growing need for advanced Textile Engineering & Technological Education in Bangladesh as well as in the world. The College has a long past history. During the British colonial rule in 1921 a weaving school was established in Narinda, Dhaka to meet Textile Technical Education by offering artisan level course. It was named as East Bengal Textile Institute, which was upgraded to offer diploma course in Textile year 1960, the institute was transferred to its present campus at Tejgaon Industrial area. In 1978, the institute lunched the 4-year bachelor degree in Textile Technology by affiliation with the University of Dhaka and renamed the institute as College of Textile Technology. In order to meet the challenge of increasing demand of new technology, sophisticated & latest technology, the college offers broad-based under graduate courses with various specialization’s to prepare its students for the career of their choices.
Graduation course in Textile Fashion & Design and Master Course in Textile Engineering & Technology programs are going to be lunched within a very short time.
At present approximately 850 students are enrolled in this college of which more than 10% are female. The University is dedicated to the advancement of learning and committed to promoting research in all the fields of Textiles.
Since the introduction of degree program more than 1500 graduates have passed B.Sc, in Textile Technology course and serving the nation with dignity. Latest machinery of the different laboratories helps and students to acquire knowledge of modern technology. New research projects are undertaken every year. Special technical program, conference, seminars, training program are offered by the college. Technical problems of industries are solved by closely interacting with the industry.
