Sylhet Government Pilot High School
Kalighat, Sylhet Bangladesh
Information
Former names	Sylhet Government High School
Type	Public
Established	1836; 190 years ago (1836)
School board	Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sylhet
School code	130400 (EIIN)[1]
Headmaster	Shefali Sultana (in charge)[2]
Teaching staff	55
Employees	10
Grades	3–10
Years offered	7
Primary years taught	3rd through 5th grades
Secondary years taught	6th through 10th grades
Gender	Male
Education system	According to the current curriculum of National Curriculum and Textbook Board
Language	Bengali
Hours in school day	10
Campus	Urban
Colors	White and Navy Blue
Nickname	Pilot School / Govt. Pilot / Pilot
Publication	Magazine
Yearbook	প্রবাহ (publishes after 2 years)
Website	sylgovpilothss.edu.bd sylhetgovtpilothighschool.godaddysites.com

The Sylhet Government Pilot High School (Bengali: সিলেট সরকারি পাইলট উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়) is a school in Bangladesh. Established in 1836, it is situated in the Kalighat area of Sylhet, on the bank of the Surma River.

History

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Around 1830, during the rule of the British East India Company, Lord William Bentinck had ordered the establishment of this school in order to make the people of the region speak English properly.^{[citation needed]}

The school, the first English one in Sylhet, was formally founded in 1836.^[3] In 1841, only 41 students were studying there. Reverend Price then took charge of the school as headmaster and transformed the school into a missionary school. The school was then handed over to Reverend Price.^{[citation needed]}

In 1869, the name of the school was changed to "Sylhet Government High School" and Roy Saheb Durga Kumar Bose was appointed as the headmaster. The school was destroyed in the earthquake of 1897 and later the school was moved to its present location (Kalighat). When Roy Saheb Durga Kumar Bose voluntarily retired in 1903, Baikunthanath Bhattacharya took charge as the headmaster. Another earthquake destroyed the school in 1918 and the school was rebuilt in 1919. In 1926, the school was damaged by a severe flood and in 1929, the entire school, except for one building, was destroyed by fire. During World War II in 1939, the school building was used as a camp for soldiers, and after the soldiers left, the school resumed its work.^{[citation needed]}

In 1955, the school was named Sylhet Government Pilot High School by the project of piloting schools by the East Pakistan Government. In 1962, Abdul Wahid Chowdhury took over as headmaster, improved the science lab, and increased the number of teachers. In 1967 he was selected as the best head teacher of the Chittagong division. In the same year, he was awarded "Tamga-e-Khedmat" for his radical transformation of the school.^{[citation needed]}

In 1971, Pakistani soldiers set fire to the school, destroying many important documents and burning books.^{[citation needed]} In 1999, the school was divided into morning and day shifts.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

• Syed Mujtaba Ali, writer^[4]
• Sundari Mohan Das, medical doctor^[5]
• AK Abdul Momen, Foreign Minister^[6]
• M. A. G. Osmani, Commander in Chief, Bangladesh Liberation Army, 1971^[7]
• Bipin Chandra Pal, writer and politician^[8]
• Abu Nasr Waheed, educator^[9]

References