Introduction: Schools in Chittagong is now becoming a popular destination for parents who want world class education for their children. Education in Bangladesh is a crucial aspect of the nation’s development. With a strong emphasis on promoting access to education, the government has made significant strides in improving literacy rates and educational opportunities for all. The education system comprises primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, with a focus on achieving universal primary education. Efforts have been made to enhance quality education, teacher training, and curriculum development. Additionally, initiatives have been implemented to encourage girls’ education and reduce the gender gap. However, challenges such as resource constraints and educational inequalities remain, requiring ongoing efforts to ensure inclusive and equitable education for all.
About Chittagong
Chittagong, also known as Chattogram, is a major city in Bangladesh and the second-largest in the country, following Dhaka. It is also the third-largest city in the Bengal region. Serving as the administrative seat of its namesake division and district, Chittagong is home to the busiest seaport on the Bay of Bengal. Situated on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city occupies a strategic location between the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Bay of Bengal.
With a population of over 5.2 million as of 2022, the Greater Chittagong Area is a bustling urban center. In 2020, the city area alone had a population exceeding 3.9 million.
Boasting a history that spans centuries, Chittagong has earned its reputation as one of the world’s oldest ports, featuring a natural harbor that has remained functional throughout the ages. Its significance has been acknowledged on ancient maps, including those of the Greek scholar Ptolemy. Chittagong occupied a pivotal position on the southern branch of the Silk Road, fostering trade and exchange of goods.
List of Schools in Chittagong
Chittagong District
| Name | Location | Establishment |
| Nasirabad Government High School | Nasirabad, Chattagram | 1967 |
| International Hope School Bangladesh | Nasirabad Boys School, Chittagong | 1996 |
| A. L. Khan High School | 1930 | |
| Abdus Sobhan Rahat Ali High School | Patiya, Chittagong | 1914 |
| Fatickchari Coronation Model High School | Fatickchari, Chittagong District | 1912 |
| Bhujpur Model High School | Bhujpur, Chittagong | 1946 |
| Abdul Khalek Academy | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Abdul Khalek Academy | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Abdur Rahman Government Girls’ High School | Patiya, Chittagong | 1957 |
| Agrabad Balika Bidyalay | Agrabad, Chittagong | 1981 |
| Agrabad Government Colony High School | Agrabad, Chittagong | 1960 |
| Amirabad Janakalyan High School | 1970 | |
| East Gomdandi Alhaz Bodruz Meher High School, | Boalkhali Municipality, Boalkhali, Chittagong | 1996 |
| Aparnacharan City Corporation Girls’ High School | Nandankanan, Chittagong | 1927 |
| Ayesha Obayed Girls High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Azimpur High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Bakalia Government High School | Chawkbazar, Chittagong | 1967 |
| Bangladesh Bank Colony High School | Agrabad, Chittagong | |
| Bangladesh Mohila Samity Girls’ High School & College | Dampara, Chittagong | 1962 |
| Bayezid Bostami Cantonment Board High School | Chittagong Cantonment | 1989 |
| BCSIR Laboratory High School | Hathazari Road, Chittagong | 1989 |
| Bangladesh Navy School and College, Chittagong | ||
| Bauria Golam Khalek Academy | 1950 | |
| Burischar High School | ||
| Cantonment English School & College | Chittagong Cantonment | 1998 |
| Chickdair High School | 1980 | |
| Child Heaven School | ||
| Chittagong Cantonment Public School & College | Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong | 1967 |
| Chittagong Collegiate School | Ice Factory Road, Chittagong | 1836 |
| Chittagong Government Girls’ High School | Nasirabad | 1967 |
| Chittagong Government High School | College Road | 1906 |
| Chittagong Grammar School | 5 campuses in Chittagong | 1992 |
| Chittagong International School | ||
| Chittagong Model School and College | Near CPI, Nasirabad, Khulshi | 2006 |
| Chittagong Municipal Model High School[1] | 1880 | |
| Chittagong Police Institution | ||
| Chittagong Steel Mills High School | 1969 | |
| Chittagong Urea Fertilizer School and College | ||
| Chunati High School | Chunati, Lohagara Upazila Chittagong | 1958 |
| CIDER International School | 53A, Nasirabad I/A, Chittagong | 1997 |
| Dr. Khastagir Government Girls’ School | Jamal Khan, Chittagong | 1907 |
| Dwip Bondhu Mostafizur Rahman High school | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| East Sandwip Enam Nahar Girls High school | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Eastern Refinery Model High School | 1974 | |
| Fatehpur Mehernega High School | 1968 | |
| Faujderhat Cadet School & College | Faujdarhat, Sitakunda Upazila | 1958 |
| Faujdarhat Collegiate School | Cadet College Campus, Sitakunda Upazila | 1982 |
| Faujdarhat K. M. High School | 1950 | |
| Ispahani Public School & College | Zakir Hossain Road, Chittagong | 1979 |
| Gachua Adarsha High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | 1987 |
| Garib-E-Newaz High School | 1980 | |
| Government Muslim High School[2] | Kotowali, Chittagong | 1909 |
| Hazi Mohammad Mohsin Government High School[3] | College Road | 1874 |
| Hatey Khari School & College | 1976 | |
| Hathazari Parbati Model High School | 1914 | |
| Holy Child School & College[4] | Kuyesh Link Road, Oxygen, Bayezid, Chittagong-4213 | 1997 |
| Holy Flower Ideal School | 2002 | |
| J.M. Senior School & College | 1913 | |
| Jeben Nur Sultana High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Kalapania Chowdhury Biddah Nikaton | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Kalapania High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Kargil Government High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | 1902 |
| Katgar Golam Nabi High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Kazi Afaz Uddin Adarsha High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Khawja Ajmeri High School | 1993 | |
| Khulshi Cherry Grammar School | 1992 | |
| Leaders’ School & College Chattogram | Baluchara, Chittagong | 2018 |
| Little Jewels School | 1974 | |
| Magdhara High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Maitbhanga High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Milestone International School | 2016 | |
| Miriam Ashram High School | 1946 | |
| Modhya Santospur High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Momena Sekander Govt. Girls High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Musapur Bodiuzzaman High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Musapur Hajee Abdul Baten High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Muslim Education Society High School | 1960 | |
| Nasirabad Government High School | Nasirabad, Chittagong | 1967 |
| Natmura Pukuria High School | Banshkhali Upazila Chittagong | 1957 |
| Patenga High School | North Patenga, Chittagong | 1962 |
| Pologround High School | 1953 | |
| Pomara High School | 1928 | |
| Port Authority High School, Chittagong | Neemtola, Bandar, Chittagong | 1959 |
| Queen Mary School & College[5] | 1216/A, East Nasirabad, 2 No Gate, Chittagong | 2015 |
| Rahamatpur High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Rotary Betagi Union High School | Rangunia Upazila | 1968 |
| Saint Placid’s High School | 1853 | |
| St. Scholastica’s Girls’ High School | 1883 | |
| Sandwip Ideal High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Sandwip Model High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Sandwip Public High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Santospur High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Sarkarhat N. R. High School | 1939 | |
| Silver Bell Kindergarten and Girls High School | 2000 | |
| Sitakund Government Model High School | 1913 | |
| South East Sandwip High school | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| South Sandwip Abeda Foyez Girls High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| South Sandwip High School | Sandwip, Chittagong | |
| Sunshine Grammar School[6] | Nasirabad H/S, Chittagong | 1985 |
| TSP Complex Secondary School | TSP Colony, North Patenga, Chittagong | 1979 |
| P. H. Ameen Academy | South kattali, Pahartali, Chittagong | 1942 |
| Panchuria Halima Rahman High School | Patiya, Chittagong | 2000 |
| Gomdandi Pilot Model High School | Boalkhali,Chittagong | 1958 |
| Little Jewels School | Chittagong City | |
| Mastermind International School | ||
| Presidency International School | 1998 | |
| West Gomdandi Union High School | Boalkhali,Chattagong | 1950 |
| Iqra Abdul Jabbar High School, Lohagara, Chattogram. Estd-1988, EIIN-134895, | Lohagara,Chattogram | 1988 |
| Swapnanagar Bidyaniketan | Kachuai, Patiya, Chattogram | 2009 |
Commilla District
| Name | Location | Established |
| Akbbarer Nesa Girls High School | 1981 | |
| Bakhrabad Gas Adarsha Bidhalaya | 1995 | |
| Bibir Bazar High School | 1946 | |
| Comilla Cantonment High School | ||
| Comilla High School | 1947 | |
| Comilla Modern High School | 1993 | |
| Comilla Zilla School | 1837 | |
| Gunabati High School | ||
| Ibn Taimiya School and College | EPZ Road, Tomsom Bridge | 1979 |
| Ispahani Public School & College | Comilla Cantonment | 1963 |
| Jagatpur Sadhana High School | ||
| Laksam Pilot High School | 1900 | |
| Nawab Faizunnessa Government Girls’ High School | 1873 | |
| Oxford International School & College | Debidwar | 2001 |
| Oxford International School & College, Chandina | ||
| Subrati Shahajdi M. M. High School | 1969 | |
| Union Technical High School |
Cox Bazar District
| Name | Location | Establishment Year |
| Subrang High School | Teknaf,Cox`s Bazar | 1986 |
Feni District
| Name | Location | Established |
| Feni Government Pilot High School | College Road, Feni Sadar Upazila, Feni | 1886 |
| Dharmapur Educational Estate | South Dharmapur, Fulgazi, Feni. | 1965 |
| Karim Ullah High School | ||
| Shaheen Academy School & College Feni | Shaheen Academy Road, Rampur, Feni Sadar Upazila, Feni | 1985 |
| Feni Government Girls’ High School | Grand Trunk Road, Feni Sadar Upazila, Feni | |
| Doulatpur Hoq Bahadur High School, Feni | Doulatpur, Dholia Union, Feni Sadar Upazila, Feni | 1959 |
| Dagonbhuiyan Academy | Upazilla Road, Dagobhuiyan, Feni. | 1987 |
| Atatürk Government Model High School | 1939 |
Lakshmipur District
| Name | Location | Established |
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| Raipur L M Pilot Model High School | Raipur Upazila Sadar, Lakshmipur | 1911 |
| Lhumbnagar Academy High School | 1995 |
Noakhali District
| Name | Location | Established |
| Noakhali Zilla School | Noakhali Sadar | 1853 |
| Begumganj Government Pilot High School | Begumganj | 1857 |
| Brother Andre’s High School | Sonapur, Noakhali Sadar | 1967 |
| Pana Mia T.F High School | Charmotua, Noakhali Sadar | 1867 |
| Bazra M.L. High School | Bazra, Sonaimuri | 1918 |
| Al-Farooq Academy | Maijdee Court, Sadar | 1984 |
| Noakhali Government Girls’ High School | Sadar | 1934 |
| Mohammad Pur Janata High School | Mohammad Pur, Chatkhil, Noakhali | |
| Abir Para High School | Abir Para, Sonaimuri Noakhali | |
| Basurhat A. H. C. Govt. High School | Basurhat | |
| Companyganj Model School | Companyganj | |
| Bijbag N.K High School | Bijbag, Senbag, Noakhali |
Rangamati District
| Name | Location | Established |
| Kaptai High School | Natun Bazar, Kaptai Upazila, Rangamati Hill District | 1981 |
| Rangamati Government High School | Rangamati Sadar Upazila, Rangamati Hill District | 1890 |
| Lakers Public School & College | Kathaltoli, Rangamati Sadar Upazila, Rangamati Hill District | 1991 |
| Vedvedee Poura High School | Rangamati Sadar Upazila, Rangamati Hill District | 1988 |
Khagrachari District
| Name | Location | Established |
| Natun Kuri Cantonment High School | Khagrachari Sadar | 1986 |
| Khagrachari Cantonment Public School | Khagrachari Cantonment | 2006 |
Schools in Chittagong Admission Process
Admission into Chittagong or Bangladesh in particular is based on Lottery system for both government and non-government schools.
- Non-government schools in metropolitan areas and Sadar upazilas will come under the central lottery. However, non-government schools that are not part of the central lottery will also need to hold a lottery through committees approved by the education ministry.
- Applications for both the government and non-government schools will have to be submitted using the website “gsa.teletalk.com.bd”.
- Students would be able to select five schools against one form. The price of a form has been set at Tk 110 and the fee can be deposited from Teletalk prepaid mobile phones.
- Children aged six and above will be allowed to enroll in Class I.
- For the past decade, admissions to Class I have been taking place via lottery all over the country. Last year, the government introduced the lottery system for all classes of secondary schools.
- However, the admission process at government primary schools is entirely different. The schools enroll all students who apply and no admission test is required.
Essential Documents Required for Admission in Schools in Chittagong
- Immunization records.
- Complete set of academic transcripts or report cards for the past 3 years of school
- Identification:
- studentʼs photo identification page of all passports held and visas for Bangladesh
- both parentsʼ photo identification page of all passports held and visa for Bangladesh
- both parentsʼ National ID Card (if applicable)
- Copy of Speech or language, psycho-educational or special needs evaluations, and or records (if applicable)
- A completed Admission Form
- A complete set of academic transcripts or report cards from the previous school
- A copy of the Birth Certificate
- Student’s passport size photograph(s)
- Parents’ passport size photograph(s)
- Payment of Admission Fee.
- proof of identification for applicant (birth certificate or passport)
- proof of identification for both parents (passport or national ID)
- applicant’s vaccination records
- assessment test results
- Proof of address in Bangladesh (a bill in the name of the payer or a copy of a rental agreement)
- Students visa transfer letter (transferring from another school)
- proof of bank account of the account payer (with an official bank stamp)
- Bangladeshi study permit
- proof of a scholarship if any
Official Website: Bangladesh Government Ministry of Education (MOE) official website
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