Dhaka Residential Model College

Public autonomous school in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka Residential Model College (DRMC; Bengali: ঢাকা রেসিডেনসিয়াল মডেল কলেজ) is a public autonomous residential school on Mirpur Road, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The college offers primary, secondary education and higher secondary education, for students from third grade to twelfth grade (approximately ages 8 to 18). DRMC is the largest public boarding school and college in the country, with 52 acres of land, modeled after Eton College which has been referred to as "the nurse of England's statesmen". History Dhaka Residential Model College was established by the then President of Pakistan Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan[citation needed] in 1960 on an area of about 52 acres beside Mirpur Road near Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka. In 1962, the administration of DRMC was assumed by the provincial government of then East Pakistan. In 1965, the government converted the institution into an autonomous body, and its administration was relegated to a board of governors with the Chief Secretary as its chairman. In 1967, the government again took control of the school. At that time