Hooghly Branch Government School

Public school in Hughli-Chuchura, West Bengal, India

Hooghly Branch (Govt) School

Address

Chawk Bazar, Hooghly

Hughli-Chuchura

West Bengal

712103

India

Coordinates| 22°54′28″N 88°23′53″E﻿ / ﻿22.9077673°N 88.3980147°E﻿ / 22.9077673; 88.3980147
Information
Type| Public
Motto| Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram
(Truth, Spirituality, Beauty)
Established| 1834
School board| WBBSE & WBCHSE
Authority| Government of West Bengal
Category| Higher Secondary
Gender| Boys
Campus| Urban
Affiliations| Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal
Website| www.hooghlybranchgovtschool.org

Hooghly Branch Government School (or Hooghly Branch (Govt) School), established in 1834, is one of the oldest[1] schools in West Bengal. It is located in Chawk Bazar, Hooghly, within the area of Hooghly-Chinsurah Municipality.[2][3][4]

The school is administered by the state government of West Bengal and admits only males. The School has two sessions, morning and day session. Students are taught from class 1 to class 12.

The school's primary medium of instruction is Bengali and English is second language. However, on the higher secondary section, people are allowed to choose the medium of instruction as English.[5]

## Notable alumni[edit]

* Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist
* Bijan Kumar Mukherjea, 4th Chief Justice of India[6][circular reference]
* Surajit Sengupta, Footballer[7][circular reference]

## See also[edit]

* Education in India
* List of schools in India
* Education in West Bengal

## References[edit]

1. ^ Southey, Robert (1843). "General report on public instruction in the Bengal Presidency. Calcutta: G. H. Huttmann, Bengal Mily. Orphan Press. 1843".
2. ^ "List of schools - Welcome to Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality".
3. ^ "List of schools". Hooghly-Chinsurah Municipality.
4. ^ "All Bengal Inter-Govt.Schools Sports Meet, 2019". West Bengal State Council for Sports, Government of West Bengal.
5. ^ "Hooghly Branch (Govt) School/iCBSE".
6. ^ "Bijon Kumar Mukherjee".
7. ^ "Surajit Sengupta".

## External links[edit]

* [1] Hooghly Branch School location at Wikimapia

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