History

Hooghly collegiate school at Chinsurah, in the district of Hooghly is a famous and historical educational institution in West Bengal. It is known from the quotation of Fisher’s memories “In 1817 the existence of a small school attached to the Imambarah was reported.”  So it can be stated that this school was there during the year 1812 & it was further confirmed by the educational report of Sharp Saheb and form the source ‘History of Hooghly’ by Sudhir Kumar Mitra. Part -1.During its long journey Hooghly collegiate school had generated a great number of promising students & great personalities like Sahitya Samrat Bankim Chandra Chattopadhay, litterateur and educationalist Akshay Chandra Sarkar, Justice Saiyed Amir Ali, Historian Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, famous litterateur Bibhuti Bhusan Bandopadhyay & Ashutosh Mukhopadhayay, the ex-education secretary of the govt. of West Bengal Sri Dilip Kumar Guha, Additional District Magistrate of Hooghly(1998) Sri Durgapada Sarkar, the Padmashree awardee and Additional chief engineer (1988) of the Union Govt. of India Sri Subhas Chandra Bose Ray, Dr. Manas Chattopadhay who was the Vice-Chancellor of the Vidyasagar University etc.

It is known from a report of 1826 AD given by the then District Magistrate of Hooghly that only 83 students had been studying in this school with a mixed curriculum like 16 with Abi,7 with Parsi and 60 with English.

In the year 1849, Bankim Chandra at the age of 11 got admitted in Class-I in the junior section of this school. Other than those historical famous persons this school is still producing a number of striking students in west Bengal in various years. Very recently, a star student Sri Archisman Panigrahi has occupied the 2nd rank in the Madhyamik Pariksha in 2015 and 1st in the H.S. Examination in 2017. He scored 496 marks out of 500 in the H.S. Examination.

Our school does well not only in education but it has also signed strongly in Culture, Athletics, Fine Arts, Quiz, science model etc. This delivers a message to the society that the students of Hooghly collegiate school are inparalled and unstoppable in every field of excellence.Our was shelected as the best one in West Bengal in the Year 2017.

Our staffs in Hooghly collegiate school are mostly dedicated to their duties which provide a wide range of activities to learn and grow. Our teachers collaborate on instructional strategies and lesson plans based on the WBBSE and WBCHSE curriculum for every possible benefit of the students.

We are also committed to help students to become sensitive, responsible and creative by providing social, emotional, physical & intellectual growth of them. Sharing views with guardians is another part of our educational system to encourage students to stay flawless and smart to cope up with the present days.

We celebrate Saraswati Puja every year with the great involvement of the students & the society where the creativity of the students are highly recognized and praised for the neat activities of their excellence. We all are proud of our School – “Hooghly collegiate” the name wit age long glory.