Chittagong Government High School

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Chittagong Government High School is a reputed secondary school in Chittagong city, in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is located in College road, beside Chittagong College.

1 History
2 Extra-Curricular Activities
3 Distinguished alumni
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

It was established in 1906 as Chittagong Modern English (M.E.) school. The school was converted into a Government school in 1917. In 1963, the school's name was again changed to Chittagong Junior Government High School. The school was renamed to its current name in 1977 and since then it started to operate as a full fledged centre of Secondary Education in Chittagong City. The School is renowned for its academic excellence and it has produced outstanding scholars since its inception.

[edit] Extra-Curricular Activities

Students of Chittagong Government High School take part in inter school debating contest and also in the inter school Cricket tournaments in Chittagong city.

The school is currently the inter school debating champion in Chittagong City. The debating contest is known as Lifebuoy Gold-Prothom Alo Inter-School and College debate competition.[1]

[edit] Distinguished alumni

Niaz Ahmed Khan: Professor of Public Administration, University of Chittagong, Forest & Natural Resource Management Specialist, Consultant at UNDP and an authoritative Author on Social Forestry in Bangladesh. [2]
Professor Yunus : Nobel Peace Prize winner for 2006.
Subir Chowdhury: Chairman and CEO of American Supplier Institute & well known leader of Quality Management and world renowned Author of best selling books Management 21C, Power of Six Sigma, Robust Engineering, Organization 21C and numerous technical titles. [3] He is the first IIT graduate and the only Bangladeshi to be inducted into the Hall of Fame for Engineering, Science and Technology. IIT featured him as one of their top 15 alumni and he was also one of 21 alumni to be awarded with Distinguished Alumni Award from Central Michingan University. Michigan Technological University awarded him with Honorary Doctorate of Engineering in 2004.
Mohammad Adil Hossain Nobel: Media personality, considered as one of the best male models in Bangladesh
Aftab Ahmed: ODI and Test cricketer of Bangladesh cricket team