Holy Cross Girls High School

school was founded as a kindergarten with 2 students, was converted to a primary school in 1952, and became a high school in 1953, which got a complete shape in 1955. Sister Augustine Marie was appointed its first headmistress. The school got recognition of the Dhaka Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education and the first batch of its students appeared at the SSC examinations in 1966. By that time, it had Humanities and Science sections. It opened Commerce section in 1999. In 1997, the school was awarded the 'Best National School' prize by the government of Bangladesh. The school conducts its classes in morning and day shifts. Both primary and high school students attend classes in two shifts and an additional batch of high school students takes lessons in the day shift. At the moment the school has over 2500 students. There are four sections in every class, two in morning shift and other two in day shift. In every section there are 50 students. The current Headmistress is Sister Kolpona Costa, CSC and the Assistant Headmistress is Sister Sheshanti Margaret Nokrek, CSC. The school has a special 'Afternoon Literacy Programme' for the poor and slum dwelling children. The school compound has a land area of 32,000 square feet. It has well-equipped laboratories, a library with 5,000 books, a hall room, and two playgrounds. The school distinguished itself with excellent academic results of its students and the activities of Girl Guides, Girl Scouts and Yellow Birds. Students participate in extra curriculum activities through recitation club, quiz club, debate club and art club. The school organizes science and social science fairs every alternative year. Students of the school also take part in competitions in television and radio, organize education week, publish an annual magazine, organize seminars, go to study tours, and periodically conduct literacy campaign for garment factory workers in their places of work.