Kargil Government High School

Kargil Government High School কার্গিল সরকারি উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়
Location
Haramia, Sandwip Chittagong , 4300 Bangladesh
Information
Established	1902
Headmaster	MD. Saiful Islam
Gender	Co-educational
Language	Bengali
Campus	Rural
Board of Education	Chittagong Education Board
EIIN	104945 School code: 3325

Kargil Government High School (Bengali: কার্গিল সরকারি উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is an educational institution situated at Sandwip in Chittagong.

About

Kargil Government High School is the first and the oldest school of Sandwip.

History

This educational institution was established in 1902. A Minor School was started with 12 students at old Sandwip town by the distinguished persons on 12th April, 1879. Within short time this school was changed to middle English school. Mr. J. D. Kargil, then magistrate of Noakhali visited Sandwip on behalf of the government on December, 1901. To expand higher education in Sandwip, he promoted the Middle English school as a secondary school. Mr. Kargil established the foundation of the school on February 2, 1902. The school was named after Mr. Kargil. Calcutta University allowed the students of the school to attend the Entrance examination. Shree Shachindra Guha was the first headmaster of the school. Calcutta University granted this institution permanently on July 28, 1908 and this exits till now. The school area was destroyed by river erosion in 1960. Then the institution was transfered to Haramia.