Dhanmondi Tutorial
{{Short description|Educational institution of Bangladesh}}
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Dhanmondi Tutorial (DT) is a private, English-medium school in the Dhanmondi residential area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1972.{{cite news |title=Profile of Some Schools of Dhaka |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2010/04/schools/8.html |work=Schools: The Foundation Builders |publisher=The Daily Star |date=April 2010}} As of 2016, it teaches approximately 1500 students{{cite news |title=Worries, uncertainty over sudden relocation |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/worries-uncertainty-over-sudden-relocation-1268419 |work=The Daily Star |date=12 August 2016}} from kindergarten through A Levels. Classes are divided into a junior and a senior section, each of which has its own campus.{{cite web |url=http://www.dhanmonditutorial.com/about-us/our-campus |title=Our Campus |website=Dhanmondi Tutorial |access-date=3 September 2019 |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219083242/http://dhanmonditutorial.com/about-us/our-campus |url-status=dead }}
Curriculum
DT follows the British GCE and IGCSE syllabus and the students are taught for the Ordinary Level (O-level) and Advanced Level (A-level) examinations conducted by Edexcel International.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
Extracurricular activities
DT regularly competes in school handball tournaments. In 2004, they reached the finals of the Maple Leaf Mini Handball Tournament (girls), but lost to Maple Leaf.{{cite news |title=Maple Leaf mini h'ball champs |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/05/20/d40520041348.htm |work=The Daily Star |date=20 May 2004 |access-date=3 September 2019 |archive-date=28 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428052036/https://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/05/20/d40520041348.htm |url-status=dead }} The same year, DT took third place in the 14th Bata School Handball Tournament (girls), edging BIS,{{cite news |title=Sports-Handball |agency=UNB |date=20 March 2004 |quote=Dhanmondi Tutorial placed third in the girls section, defeating BIS.}} and third place in the Sunnydale Mini Handball Tournament (boys), defeating BAF Shaheen College in sudden death overtime.{{cite news |title=Sports-Handball |agency=UNB |date=23 March 2004 |quote=In a place-decider match today, Dhanmondi Tutorial finished third defeating BAF Shahin College ... scored the match-winner during the extra time through sudden.}} Two years later, they again finished third in the Sunnydale Mini Handball Tournament (boys), beating Ansar VDP School.{{cite news |title=Sunnydale win boys' mini handball title |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/18/d60918041751.htm |work=The Daily Star |date=18 September 2006 |access-date=3 September 2019 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429083040/https://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/18/d60918041751.htm |url-status=dead }}
In 2010, the school reached the finals of the Sunnydale Mini Handball Tournament (boys), but lost to Sunnydale School.{{cite news |title=Sunnydale champs |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-131057 |work=The Daily Star |date=22 March 2010}} Later that year, the handball squad travelled to Nepal to play four exhibition matches.{{cite news |title=School h'ball team leaves for Nepal |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-154583 |work=The Daily Star |date=16 September 2010 |language=en}}
In 2014, the school reached the final of the Polar Ice Cream 22nd School Handball Tournament (boys), but was beaten by St Gregory's High School.{{cite news |author=Shishir Hoque |date=9 September 2014 |title=St Gregory's, Viqarunnisa lift school handball |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/09/09/st-gregorys-viqarunnisa-lift-school-handball-2 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}
DT also engages in competitive debating, participates in Bangladesh Scouts, and has a Model United Nations club, among other extracurricular activities.{{cite web |title=Extra Curricular Activities |url=http://www.dhanmonditutorial.com/about-us/extra-curricular-activities |website=Dhanmondi Tutorial |access-date=3 September 2019 |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219210510/http://www.dhanmonditutorial.com/about-us/extra-curricular-activities |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Schools in Dhaka District