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G.C.D. High School, Rayagada

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Type
  
Zila type

Grades
  
Classes 6th to 10th

Affiliation
  
State government

Headmistress
  
Mrs. Mirarani Dash

Number of students
  
1,400 to 1,500

Founded
  
1938

G.C.D. High School, Rayagada

Established
  
1938 (79 years ago) (1938)

Address
  
Rama Krishna Nagar, Rayagada, Odisha 765001

Govind Chandra Dev High School, better known as G.C.D. High School or GCD (Zilla) High School, Rayagada, is one of the oldest high schools of the Rayagada district in the Indian state of Odisha. The school is named after Govind Chandra Dev Thataraja Bahadur. It is one among the 17 recognized high schools of the Rayagada district.

History

The school was established in 1938. During pre-independence period, the district board at Koraput (with the collector and agent as its president) upgraded the higher elementary school at Rayagada to a middle school in 1938.

The school was a pioneer in the education field in the undivided Koraput district. It is an Oriya medium school affiliated to the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha under the State Government of Odisha. The school maintains an ECO-CLUB.

The school has given rise to many important personalities including:

  • Dr. Shasibhusana Padhy, District Magistrate, Rayagada
  • Justice R. K. Patro, former Judge Orissa High Court
  • Honorable Sri Justice U. Durga Prasada Rao, Judge of the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh High Court

    • References

    G.C.D. High School, Rayagada Wikipedia
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