Taslima Memorial Academy is one of the best secondary schools in Barisal Education Board. The school was founded by Mallik Mohammad Ayub on first January,1995 with a view to providing quality education to the coastal belt children. The school was started with five teachers and forty six students. Then the school was a kindergarten school and Abu Masud was the first principal. The school was named "Taslima Precadet and Child Care Homes" after the name of Taslima Begum, wife of Mallik Mohammad Ayub. In 1998, it was upgrated to a secondary school and was renamed "Taslima Memorial Academy". Though the school is a newly established school and it has no brick built building, it has been producing excellent result and is regarded as the best secondary school of the coastal belt region.