Open school is one of the largest schools among six schools of BOU in terms of the number of students’ enrollment. Any person has the opportunity to be admitted irrespective of his/her age, gender, disability and profession in any program of the school. Currently, the school is offering three programs namely Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) which are equivalent to Secondary, Higher Secondary and Bachelor of Business Studies programs prevailing in the Country. This school initiated SSC program from 1995 and HSC programs from 1998. Business Studies program has been emerged from the 2005-2006 session.

Mission of the School

The mission of the school is to make the nation free from the curse of illiteracy and create an educated and skilled manpower.

Formal Programs

1. Secondary School Certificate (SSC)

2. Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and

3. Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS)

Number of the Students in SSC, HSC and BBS (Three Years)

Program Year	SSC			HSC			BBS
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
2012	33225	22234	55459	31918	26849	58767	0	0	0
2011	49268	30377	79645	30951	25517	56468	0	0	0
2010	64477	40429	104906	32732	27613	60345	296	86	382

SSC Program

Level	Certificate
Branches	Humanities and Commerce
Year	02
Minimum Duration	2 Years
Maximum duration	5 Years
Minimum Requirement for Admission	Class Eight, JSC or Equivalent

HSC Program

Level	Certificate
Branches	Humanities, Science and Commerce
Year	02
Minimum Duration	2 Years
Maximum duration	5 Years
Minimum Requirement for Admission	SSC Pass or Equivalent

BBS Program

Level	Degree
Duration	3 Years
Maximum duration	5 Years
Minimum Requirement for Admission	HSC Pass or Equivalent

Research Activities

Open school has undertaken a project named “Girls Innovation Initiative in Bangladesh.” It is financially supported by Canadian Open Learning (COL). Baseline study has already been completed.

Journals/Publication

Open school has its own journal named “The Journal of Open School.” The notice will be issued soon for the call for paper.

List of Faculty Members including Phone no., Fax and E-mail address:

Dr. Sadia Afroze Sultana
Dean & Professor (Physics)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/312 , 9291109
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Dr. Zobaida Akter
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/319, 9291109, 9675317(Res)
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Dr. Md. Nasirul Islam
Associate Professor (Statistics)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/314 , 9291109 , 9292252 (Res), 01720110089 (Mobile)
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Dr. Muhammad Abdur Rahim
Associate Professor (Islamic Studies)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/320 , 9291109, 9291115 (Res)
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Sabina Yeasmin
Associate Professor (Home Economics)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/556
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Dr. Md. Chenggish Khan
Associate Professor (Bengali)
Phone/Fax:9291101-4/401, 0711174653 (Mobile)
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Dr. Mohd. Amirul Islam
Associate Professor (Chemistry)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/321, 9291109, 01720273830 (Mobile)
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Md. Motaharul Islam
Associate Professor (Management)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/317 , 9291109, 01711066605(Mobile)
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Md.Anwarul Islam
Assistant Professor (Mathematics)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/315 ,9291109, 017160597345 (Mobile)
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Md. Mizanoor Rahman
Assistant Professor (Finance & Banking)
Phone/Fax:9291101-4/317, 9291109, 01552352142(Mobile)
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Rafsan Mahmud
Assistant Professor (English)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/376, 9291109, 01712937315 (Mobile)
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Ananya Laboni
Assistant Professor (Home Economics)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/358, 9101573(Res), 01711-876979 (Mobile)
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Shirin Sultana
Assistant Professor (Agriculture)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/406, 9291109, 01913505898 ( Mobile)
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Most. Najnin Jahan
Assistant Professor (Philosophy)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/316, 9291109, 01716916574 ( Mobile)
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Md. Jafaur Ahamed
Assistant Professor (Accounting)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/322, 9291109, 01712283421 ( Mobile)
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Tasrun Jahan
Assistant Professor (Economics)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/316, 9291109, 01552377965 ( Mobile)
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Masud Mohammad Pervez
Assistant Professor (Marketing)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/294, 9291109, 01712803834 ( Mobile)
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Dr. Md. Iqbal Husain
Assistant Professor (Sociology)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/257, 01832057057 ( Mobile)
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Md. Kabir Uddin
Assistant Professor (Zoology)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/555, 9291109,01917358400 ( Mobile)
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Umasree Dhar
Assistant Professor (Physics)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/558, 01771728144 (Mobile)
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Mohd. Kutub Uddin
Lecturer (Islamic Studies)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/555, 01711263785 (Mobile)
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Md. Ali Karim
Lecturer (Islamic History)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/562, 01818251352 (Mobile)
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Meherin Munjarin Ratna
Lecturer (Bangla)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/558, 01717208592 (Mobile)
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Md. Shahidur Rahman
Lecturer (Botany)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/376, 01191360465 (Mobile)
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Ridita Tasmin
Lecturer (English)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/406, 01717402496 (Mobile)
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Md. Zakirul Islam
Lecturer (Geography & Environment)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/560, 01556318595 (Mobile)
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Md. Abdus Sattar
Lecturer (Sociology)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/376, 01716894103 (Mobile)
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Runu Biswas
Lecturer (Mathematics)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/406, 01716846425 (Mobile)
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Shahina Akter
Lecturer (Geography & Environment)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/559, 01832345005 (Mobile)
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Sodip Roy
Lecturer (Political Science)
Phone/Fax: 9291101-4/376, 01715698640 (Mobile)
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