Hasan Ali Government High School
Chandpur Hasan Ali Government High School stands along the Chandpur–Cumilla highway in the heart of Chandpur city, Bangladesh. History. The school was established in 1885 by philanthropist Hassan Ali, who hailed from the neighboring Lakshmipur District. The school was established during celebration era of Silver Jubilee of Queen Victoria, therefore, it was named as Chandpur Hasan Ali Jubilee High School. Since May 01, 1969 the then East Pakistan Govt took control of the management. Initially the school was coeducational for boys and girls. The womens college premise used to be the Muslim Hostel of  the school. Zamindar Marhum Ahmed Raja Chowdhury established the Muslim Hostel. The School is known as one of the oldest in the city of Chandpur and the 5th oldest in the then Chittagong Division. A detailed history of the School has been written by M. Abdul Hamid Mazumder (M.A, M.Ed, LL.B), who served as the Headmaster of the School from 1949–1972. The School celebrated its 125-year anniversary in December 2012. The School has produced notable educators, civic leaders and educators at home and abroad. At its inception the School was located near Kalibari, for 34 years. In 1919, the  school moved to its current location. At that stage the School was a two-storey red brick building. The current three story yellow building is about 20 years old. Extra-curricular activities. This school takes part in many activities, such as- A student of this school took part in World Scout Jamboree as a representative of Bangladesh. He is the only student of Bangladesh who took part in World Scout Jamboree in Sweden. Library. This school has two rich libraries. One is Bishya Sahitya Kendra-BRAC Joined Library and another is School's Self Library. There are 25,000 books in  these libraries. It is the largest school library of Bangladesh. Students. In the past, both male and female students studied in this school, but it is now only for boys. 2100 is the highest number of students.