Cox's Bazar Government High School is a secondary boys' school in

Cox's Bazar Cox's Bazar (; bn, কক্সবাজার, Kôksbajar; ) is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and district headquarters in Southeastern Bangladesh. It is located south of the city of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the na ...

, the administrative headquarters of the

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of the same name. It was founded in 1874. It is located on the north-east side of ''Bir-Sreshtho Ruhul Amin'' Stadium. The area of the school is 23 acres. This is one of the oldest schools in the country.

The school

The school campus is urban, but has a well-maintained garden with trees of various kinds. There are five academic buildings. The library is associated with Bishwa Sahitya Kendra. It has a big auditorium named ''Shaheed Shah Alam - Bashir Milonayoton'' . The school has labs for

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, and

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. These labs are equipped with necessary apparatus which are required to perform all the secondary school level experiment. It has a residence for headmaster, a canteen, a teacher's dormitory and a big play ground.

Structure

The school enrolls students from class (grade) 6 to 10. The school operates in two shifts - morning and day. In each shift generally exists two sections in each class (grade). And each section with 60 to 70 students. Every year about 300+ students appear in the SSC and JSC examination, with about two-thirds in science, and the rest in business studies.

Admissions

Every year an admission test is arranged between November–December session where authority select the students on the basis of merit position.

Uniform

The uniform of the school is a white shirt, white pant and white shoes. There is a badge on the shoulder which indicates morning or day shift student.

Co-curricular activities

* Boy Scouts * Red Crescent

Notable alumni

Khaled Mosharraf Khaled Mosharraf, Bir Uttom ( bn, খালেদ মোশাররফ; 9 November 1937 – 7 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi military officer known for his role in the Bangladesh Liberation War. Khaled was the Sector Commander of Bangladesh ...

One of the great freedom fighters of Bangladesh, Sector Commander of 'Sector 2' during liberation war, salute as 'Bir Uttom' the best honor to a living freedom fighter.

Gallery

File:Shahid minar.jpg, Shaheed Minar File:Mosqe.jpg, Mosque File:Field & hostel.jpg, Hostel and playground File:Studens in front of main building.jpg, Students in front of the Administrative Building (on the result day of 2010 SSC examination)