Rangamati Government High School

RGHS is the first high school in Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. During the 1971 war, many of its students were killed. The school has created leaders, policy makers and professional people. Both Tribal and Non-tribal students study in the school. It is co-educational.Monogram and uniform"Gyan-E-Shakti" is the motto of the school, which appears in the monogram. The uniform consists of a white shirt, white half pants, and sneakers for the boys of class 3 to 5. Boys of class 6 to 10 wear a white shirt, white trousers, and sneakers. Girls from 3 to 5 wear a white shirt with a green skirt and green salwar, with white trouser for seniors.Class and section systemThe school should have started its program from class 3. There are two shifts: morning and day. Presently all the classes from 3 to 10 are running. There are mainly 2 sections in each of the class in the day shift, but no sections in the morning shift.Tiffin systemThere is a system for distributing Tiffin at the school during recess. ‘Singara’, ‘Samucha’, ‘Nimki’, banana, bread, sweets, local toasts and other various items, are served as Tiffin. Students pay 70 Taka per month Tiffin fees.LibraryThe school has a library with 5000 books. Most of them were bought by coeval sanctioned money during the establishment of the school. Others were bought by annually approved money.School magazineThe school magazine Shotabdi was first published in 1897, but has not been published every year since then. A new school magazine Nirjhor was published in 2013. Now it will be published every year.AdmissionAdmission goes on to class 3, 6 and 9 with an admission test. In some cases a very small number of students are admitted to other classes.Notable alumni Amit Chakma, President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada. In 1998, he was recognized in Canada‘s "Top 40 Under 40" Award, given annually to honour Canada's best and brightest in their fields younger than 40. He is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.