Ballygunge Government High School (BGHS) is a school in

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, India. This is a boys' only school for secondary and higher secondary level students. Its medium of instruction is English. It was once considered one of the best Bengali medium schools in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

and continues to be a good one. The campus includes a fairly large play-ground and the school offers variety of extracurricular activities for its students. The school has produced many well known academics, film and theater personalities, journalist and musicians. Currently, there are over 1200 students enrolled at this school. The school is adjacent to Kolkata Regional Transport Office (RTO)/Ballygunge police station and Kolkata Motor Vehicles Department.

Classes

Class Prep-1 to Class 5 are taught in the morning section, while classes 6 to 12 are conducted in the day section. Every year the classes are taken by trainee teachers for some time, as, Govt of West Bengal had set up a Teachers' Training College name David Hare Training College (now under WBUTTPEA). To facilitate the trainee teachers, an idea of starting a Model School came to the authorities and eventually a school was established just behind the Teachers' Training College, exactly as per the copy book of an ideal School. Hence Ballygunge Govt. High School came into being in 1927 and the first batch of School Final candidates came out in 1928.

Notable alumni

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References

External links

BGHS Alumni Association
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