Holy Cross Girls' High School

Holy Cross Girls' High School founded at Tejgaon, Dhaka in 1950 by the Society of the Congregation of Sisters of the Holy Cross of the Roman Catholic Church. It started as a kindergarten with only two children to attend classes. But by January 1952, a large number of parents registered their children and the kindergarten was converted to a primary school. In October 1953, it was made a high school, which 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.
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. 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. Its students take part in extra curriculum activities through recitation club, quiz club, debate club and art club. The school organises science and social science fairs every alternative year. Students of the school also take part in competitions in television and radio, organise education week, publish an annual magazine, organise seminars, go to study tours and periodically conduct literacy campaign for garment factory workers in their places of work. In 1997, the government of Bangladesh awarded the school with the 'Best National School' prize.
Although run by the Christian Church, the school is open for students of all religions and castes. In 1999, it had 1,000 students in the morning shift and 500 in the day shift. The number of teachers was 59, of which 7 were male.