2007 Bangla Writing, Recitation, Story Telling and Debating Competition of BPC
On 22nd July 2007, Bangla Proshar Committee organised an open competition on Bangla Writing, Recitation, Story Telling and Debating for school students to encourage them to learn Bangla.

Here is a pdf document in Bangla with more info.
Some images from the competition are published below.

Bangla enrolment commences at the NSW Saturday Language School for 2007
Do you know that

• Bangla is an accredited subject in the NSW Education System for years 7 to 10?
• Your child can now study Bangla at High School just like any other language?

2005 Bangla Writing, Recitation and Debate Competition of BPC
On 13th November 2005, Bangla Proshar Committee organised an open competition on Bangla Writing, Recitation and Debate for school students to encourage them to learn Bangla.

Here is a PDF document in Bangla with more info.
Some images from the competition are published below.

Bengali students shine in Selective School Results!
Matraville Public School congratulates the Year 6 students who were accepted to selective High Schools (10% of Year 6). As the Bengali Community Teacher, it gives me great pleasure to remark that all of these successful applicants were Bengali students!

We congratulate Abida Aura (St George Girls High School); Suhrid Sarker (Sydney Boys High School); Meherun Rahman (Sydney Girls High School) and Eric Cai (Alexandria Park Selective). Special mention goes to Fahim Hossain who is on the reserve list for Alexandria Park Selective and to a former student, Rahib (Sydney Boys High School).

Abida Aura's academic success started when she was awarded the Class Achievment Trophy in Kindergarten. Further achievments included various academic trophies and receiving first placing in the UNSW English Test in 2003 for NSW and the ACT. Her parents, Mrs Rahima Akter & Mr Mohammad G Mustafa share our sincerest pride in her efforts.

As do, Suhrid's parents, Mr Abdul Latif Sarker & Mrs Jahan Arju of his achaiements. Further, an especial thank you must go to all the students' class teachers and parents who worked hard to support these successful results.

We'll done to you all! We hope and pray for their continued success in the future.
News by Shamsia Solaiman
Bangladesh Community Teacher - Matraville Public School

Meet the top Bangladeshi Student in HSC this year (UAI 99.95)
Shafqat Inam scored a UAI of 99.95 in HSC this year (04-05) which easily earned him the title of the top student within the Bangladeshi community and also one of the very top achievers among all the examinees.
He has enrolled in Medicine at UNSW. He attended Sydney Grammar School.
Here are his obtained marks: Advanced English - 94, Extension 1 English - 47 (out of 50), Extension 2 English - 48 (out of 50), Maths Extension 1 - 100, Maths Extension 2 - 99. Chemistry - 95, Physics - 96 and Latin - 99.
Shafqat lives in Eastlakes. His father is Shah Enamul Huda and mother Syeda Fahima Banoo. Younger brother goes to Sydney Boys High school (a selective school) and is in yr 8.
Congratulations to Shafqat.
News and photo sent by Dr Maksudul Bari

Annual picnic of Cambelltown Bangla School, NSW
On 16th January 2005, students of the Cambelltown Bangla School and their guardians had a picnic on Stanwell Park Beach - about 60 kms from Sydney. In addition to lots of tasty food and group conversations, there were cricket, some sprints and the fabulous waves of the Pacific Ocean for the students to enjoy. In the afternoon, after the tea, the day came to an end with a raffle-draw. Some images from the picnic are published below. News and photos provided by Abdul Jalil.
Matraville Public School, NSW
Recently The Southern Courier, local newspaper of Sydney's south-eastern region, featured Bangladeshi and other students from the Matraville Public School in their news reports. Below is a photo from their 14th September 2004 issue.
	From left at rear principal Simon Symeou, principal on leave Bob Mirow and student Sakina Islam; in front students Jin Long Tan, Nabir Kader and Deeviya Prasad with Heffron MP Kristina Keneally. Photo: Aaron Brown.
Another photo and news from the Southern Courier of 26 October 2004.
	Bengali has been studied at Matraville Public School since 1999. Community language teacher Shamsia Solaiman teaches native speakers from kindergarten to year 6 and most students on a rotational basis during the school's Creative Arts Program, with a focus on Bangladeshi culture with music and dance. Photo and news sent by Shamsia Solaiman, member Bangla Proshar Committee.

Here are a few useful information about the number of students appearing in HSC from a Bangla background and also about schools that run Bangla programme.

Ask us if you have a query related to or additional to the information provided here.

Number of HSC students of Bangla origin in recent years
Year	Number of students
1996	13
1997	17
1998	16
1999	25
2000	30
2001	37
2002	47
2003	61

Sunday Bangla schools in Sydney metropolitan area
Name of school	Number of students
Bangladesh Cultural School, Eastleakes	68
Bangladesh Patshala, Parramatta	80
Blacktown Bangla School	65
Campbelltown Bangla School, Minto	84

Mainstream schools running Bangla language programme
Name of school	Number of students
Matraville Public School	65
Eastlakes Public school	57
Dulwich Hill Public school	40
Enrolled students for Bangla program in October 2001