Cotton Collegiate Government H.S. School Explained

Type:	Government
Location:	Panbazar
Country:	India
District:	Kamrup (Metro)
Principal:	Reeta Basumatari

Cotton Collegiate Government Higher Secondary School is an institution for high school education located in the heart of Guwahati, Assam, a northeastern state of India. It is the first school in the state.

The school was established in the year 1835.^[1] It is the oldest school in the entire North-East India.^[2] Mr Singer was the first headmaster of the school.^[3]

Courses

• Class VI(Six) to Class X(Ten) under Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA).
• Two year higher Secondary Course in Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational stream under Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC).

Facilities

Co-Curricular & Others

• Atal Tinkering Lab
• NSQF compliant vocational subjects of IT/ITeS and Retail from Class IX to XII along with IT and Retail Lab.
• BLISS.
• Tele-Education.
• ICT @ School.
• NCC (ARMY & NAVY)
• Scout & Guide.
• Well equipped library.
• Legal Cell.
• School Magazine-“Pragjyoti”

Sports

Annual sports are observed as per academic calendar of SEBA and AHSEC. The school encourages and motivates also trains for participating in Indoor and Outdoor Games, Debate and Quiz, Literary and Cultural competitions.

References

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Notes and References

1. Book: Samiti, Kāmarūpa Anusandhāna . Journal of the Assam Research Society . Kāmarūpa Anusandhān Samiti . 1933 . 27 . Gauhati, Assam . 97 . English.
2. Web site: Revival blueprint for Assam’s oldest school . April 2008 . . 9 July 2017.
3. Web site: Cotton collegiate govt. higher secondary school . 2023-03-03 . cottoncollegiate.org.