History

Panighatta high school was established in 1972.Formerly it was run in a rented room at Panighatta bazar with two teachers namely Sri Ganesh Rai and Sri Janaklal Sharma.Later with the effort of local people a small structure was constructed at the place where the school is now.The school got it's recognition in the year 1979 as a junior high school from the education department,govt.of west bengal and it was upgraded to a high school the next year.After a gap of 26 years it was upgraded to higher secondary school in 2006.It is a co-education school which caters to the educational needs of the students belonging to the poor family residing mostly in the garden areas and surrounding bustees.