Independent Golden Jubilee Government Higher Secondary School, Pasighat

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IGJGHSS, Pasighat
Location
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India
Information
School typeGovernment
MottoCome to learn, go to serve.
Established1947 (1947)
PrincipalTaloh Sir
Teaching staff~56
Enrolment1,760 (2014, Grades IX–XII)
Campus3,189 acres
Campus typeSuburban

Independent Golden Jubilee Government Higher Secondary School, Pasighat is the oldest school in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.[1] It is recognised by the CBSE, New Delhi, under the Government of Arunachal Pradesh and has three streams: Humanities, Commerce and Science.[2][3]

History[edit]

Entrance of IGJGHSS, Pasighat

Pasighat was established as a formal township in 1911. The then British Government of India refused to provide a school there, so the local people of Pasighat themselves opened a lower primary school on a self-help basis after the pattern of an ashram and engaged Sri Putiram Kaman as its teacher. The school had classes up to 3rd standard, after which students had to go to Sadiya Middle School, run by the American Baptist Mission. The British administration opened their own lower primary school in Paglek, now part of Pasighat, in 1918, but it closed after the Siang River flooded. Hence the present higher secondary School was established as a lower primary school in 1940. It was upgraded to a M. E. school in 1947, a secondary school in 1952, and finally a higher secondary school in 1963. In 1997, the golden jubilee of Indian independence, it was renamed Independence Golden Jubilee Government Higher Secondary School. In 1952, the first group of students from the school appearing for matriculation examinations numbered five; in 2014 its enrollment was around 1,760 in classes IX to XII.[4]

References[edit]

  1. "Archived copy". www.echoofarunachal.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "About". GHSS Pasighat. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. "Society' (DEWFEDS) in association with District Tourism Office, Pasighat". Arunachal Times. Archived from the original on 28 September 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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