Hasan Ali Government High School

Chandpur Hasan Ali Government High School
চাঁদপুর হাসান আলী সরকারি উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়
Chandpur Hasan Ali Government High School; চাঁদপুর হাসান আলী সরকারি উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়
Address
	Comilla Road; Chandpur, 3600; Bangladesh
Information
Motto	Enter to learn & leave to lead
Established	1885 - Government-run since 1969
Founder	Zamindar Hasan Ali
School board	Comilla Education Board
School district	Chandpur
Superintendent	Sadar
School code	103496
Principal	Mohammad Hossen
Staff	1
Teaching staff	53
Grades	6–10
Gender	Boys
Age range	11–16
Enrollment	1,300
Medium of language	Bengali
Hours in school day	4 hours
Campus type	Urban
Colour(s)	White and off white
Sports	Football, cricket, badminton, hockey, volleyball, handball
Website	www.facebook.com/chaghs

Chandpur Hasan Ali Government High School stands along the Chandpur–Cumilla highway in the heart of Chandpur city, Bangladesh.

History

The school was established in 1885[1] by philanthropist Hassan Ali, who hailed from the neighboring Lakshmipur District. The school was established during celebration era of Silver Jubilee of Queen Victoria, therefore, it was named as Chandpur Hasan Ali Jubilee High School. Since May 01, 1969 the then East Pakistan Govt took control of the management. Initially the school was coeducational for boys and girls. The womens college premise used to be the Muslim Hostel of the school. Zamindar Marhum Ahmed Raja Chowdhury established the Muslim Hostel. The School is known as one of the oldest in the city of Chandpur and the 5th oldest in the then Chittagong Division. A detailed history of the School has been written by M. Abdul Hamid Mazumder (M.A, M.Ed, LL.B), who served as the Headmaster of the School from 1949–1972. The School celebrated its 125-year anniversary in December 2012. The School has produced notable educators, civic leaders and educators at home and abroard. At its inception the School was located near Kalibari, for 34 years. In 1919, the school moved to its current location. At that stage the School was a two-storey red brick building. The current three story yellow building is about 20 years old.

Extra-curricular activities

This school takes part in many activities, such as-

Bangladesh National Cadet Core
Red Crescent
Debate Club
English Spoken Club
Scout
Science Festival
Quiz
General Knowledge
Wall Magazine
School Sports Centre
Math Olympiad

A student of this school took part in World Scout Jamboree as a representative of Bangladesh. He is the only student of Bangladesh who took part in World Scout Jamboree in Sweden.

Library

This school has two rich libraries. One is Bishya Sahitya Kendra-BRAC Joined Library and another is School's Self Library. There are 25,000 books in these libraries. It is the largest school library of Bangladesh.

Students

In the past, both male and female students studied in this school, but it is now only for boys. 2100 is the highest number of students.

References

Khan, Sayeed Ahmed (2012). "Chandpur Sadar Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

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[Banglapedia-1] Khan, Sayeed Ahmed (2012). "Chandpur Sadar Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.