Established 1948 (1948) Staff 16 Grades 1-10 Address Dhaka, Bangladesh Number of students 4,500 | Headmaster Abdul Khalek Teaching staff 84 Gender Co-educational Phone +880 2-8912528 | |
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Kurmitola High School (KHS) (Bengali: কুর্মিটোলা উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is a co-educational Bangladeshi secondary school (Grade I-X) situated in Khilkhet, Dhaka about 1 kilometre south of Shahjalal International Airport. The school provides education to its students in Bengali medium under the national curriculum. Students are admitted into the institution in First to Ninth grade. The school has 4500 students and employs 84 teaching staff and 16 other staff.
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History
Kurmitola High School is one of the oldest high schools in Bangladesh that started its journey back in 1948. At first the school was weakly constructed in Khilkhet Tanpara Puran Bazar, but after 1960 it changed to a new location (where it stands today) and was permanently constructed near the center of Khilkhet Bazar.
In 1971, during the war of liberation, the school was demolished by the Pakistani army, but, after independence, some local people rebuilt the school to give it its new shape. Now, Kurmitola High School is established as a high schools in central Dhaka where 4500 students are studying.
School Managing Committee
Education
KHS provides education to its students in the Secondary Bengali medium under the national curriculum. Students perform well in both SSC (public examination taken by students after completing grade 10) and also in Junior Scholarship Test (Government scholarship test for eighth graders).
Curriculum
KHS follows the national curriculum which includes traditional lower secondary and secondary school academic subjects. Computer education is compulsory for students of grades 6-8 and optional for later grades. Students of secondary (9 and 10) classes elect to one of three major groups : Arts/Humanities, Business Studies and Science. Students of grade 10 are prepared for their SSC examinations. Selected students of grade 8 are prepared for their Junior Scholarship Test (Government scholarship test for eighth graders).
/ ! Examination name ! Year ! Total examine ! Total Passed ! Passed Rate |- | SSC | 2010 | 270 | 268 | 99% |- | SSC | 2009 | 313 | 296 | 95% |- | JSC | 2010 | 379 | 365 | 96% |- |colspan="5"| Source: Kurmitola high school Magazine Named Drik-2010 |} Academic performance in Junior Scholarship Test (Government scholarship test for eighth graders) in the recent years are as following:
Academic performance in SSC:
Campus
The KHS campus consists of two interconnected buildings and a sports ground. The first building and the second building are four stories and five stories high. The first five floors excluding the ground floor of both inter-connected buildings are used for academic purposes. The school canteen and administrative offices are in the ground floor. The ground is for playing cricket, football, badminton, and handball.
Uniform
All students wear uniform: Boys: blue Shirt, khaki pant and white shoe. Girls: blue frock, white Payjama, white Orna and white shoe.
Sports
K.H.S has outdoor facilities for inter-class football, cricket, handball and other competitions. Indoor games facilities include table tennis, carrom, chess and word making.