Spread of Modern Education in Bam:Part I Modern school education in Bam made its beginning with establishment of lower primary schools, MV and ME Schools in the early years of Bam Settlement. School education in Bam made its debut in 1895  with establishment of three Lower Primary Schools.During this year No.157 Ramprasadpur Thambal LP School was established under Regional Board of Education with  Radha Charan Raha as founder teacher ,No.168 Mahadebpur LP School was founded under Local Board with Girish Das as founder teacher and No. 169 Debipur LP School was established under Local Board with Suryamoni Das as Founder Teacher.After that there was a considerable time gap in setting up next LP School in Bam.It was in 1920 ,No. 157 Hawaithang LP School was established under Local Board with pioneering effort of Sarpanch Masaraf Ali Laskar and  Kalaraja Choudhury as founder  teacher  .But even as it is certain that Kalaraja Choudhury of Rajghat was a teacher in this School there is a question mark regarding his being founder teacher.Next in 1923  came No.174 Bhagabazar Ilias Ali Laskar LP School with Anfar Ali Laskar as founder teacher and  No.175 Bidyaratanpur LP School .

Three vernacular middle schools served the Bam students after primary level. Channighat MV school was established in 1932(According to some source it was 1930)by Head Pandit Sri Mahaendra Chandra Sikdar,a highly respected teacher of his time. Umatara MV School Dholai was established in1939 after the name of Umatara -mother in law of Hiralal Dutta of respectable Dutta family of Dholaibazar.Jamalpur MV School was established in 1942(according to  other source it was 1929) with Bipin Bihari Das as Head Pandit.

Now there are 85 public LP School,12 ME Schools,4 MV Schools, two ME Madrassa in Bam dispensing the lower and upper primary education. In aggregate there is one public LP School per 1100 population.

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