Cotton Collegiate Government H.S. School

Cotton Collegiate Government H.S. School
Location
Panbazar Guwahati India
Information
Type	Government
Established	1835; 189 years ago (1835)
School district	Kamrup (Metro)
Principal	Reeta Basumatari
Affiliation	Board of Secondary Education, Assam Assam Higher Secondary Education Council
Website	cottoncollegiate.org

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

1. Samiti, Kāmarūpa Anusandhāna (1933). Journal of the Assam Research Society. Vol. 27. Gauhati, Assam: Kāmarūpa Anusandhān Samiti. p. 97.
2. "Revival blueprint for Assam's oldest school". The Telegraph. April 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2017.^{[dead link‍]}
3. "Cotton collegiate govt. higher secondary school". cottoncollegiate.org. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

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