HISTORICAL BACK GROUND OF RAJAPUR DEGREE COLLEGE: RAJAPUR DEGREE COLLEGE IS ONE OF THE BEST COLLEGES IN RAJAPUR UPAZILA. IT IS THE FIRST COLLEGE IN THE UPZILA. THE COLLEGE HAS A GLORIOUS BACK GROUND . THE COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED BY A GROUP OF LOCAL ELITS INCLUDING SOCIAL WORKERS, EDUCATIONISTS AND POLITICAL PERSONS IN 1970 AT THE HEART OF THE UPAZILA. AMONG THEM M.A. KUDDUS, MD. ABU BAKAR MRIDHA, MD. MOKAMMEL HOSSEN, MD. HAKIM MRIDHA, CHAIRMEN OF SIX UNION PARISHADS OF RAJAPUR UPAZILA PLAYED A VITAL ROLE TO ESTABLISH THE COLLEGE. THE FOUNDER PRINCIPAL WAS M.A.KUDDUS WHO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW OF RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY. THEN THE COLLEGE WAS UPGRADED TO DEGREE LEVEL IN 1972 UNDER THE UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA . THERE ARE TWO TWO-STORYED BUILDINGS, AN ADUTITORIUM, A VAST PLAY GROUND , TWO LARGE PONDS, A MOSQUE AND SHAHEED MINAR IN THE COLLEGE CAMPUS COVERING ABOUT 7.5 ACRES LAND, THE WHOLE CAMPUS IS BLESSED WITH NATURAL BEAUTY AND A CONGENIAL ATMOSPHERE OF EDUCATION . AT PRESENT THERE ARE 39 TEACHERS, FOUR 3RD CLASS EMPLOYEES, NINE 4TH CLASS EMPLOYEES AND 971 STUDENTS IN THIS COLLEGE. THERE ARE FOUR GROUPS (SCIENCE,BUSINESS STUDIES, HUMANITIES AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT(BM)IN H.S.C LEVEL AND THERE ARE THREE GROUPS B.A, B.S.S, B.COM AT DEGREE LEVEL. THE ALL STUDENTS DO OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN ALL PUBLIC EXAMS LIKE H.S.C, BM AND B.A . THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SUCCESSFULLY ROUND THE YEAR, THE COLLEGE HAS BEEN BEING GOVERNED BY A STRONG GOVERNING BODY LEADING BY THE LOCAL MP AND UPAZILA CHAIRMAN. CONSIDERING ALL THESE , THE COLLEGE IS A UNIQUR ONE IN THE AREA.