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{{Infobox school
|name           = G.C.D. (Zilla) High School, Rayagada
|image          = GCD High School, Rayagada.JPG
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|established    = {{start date and age|1938|paren=yes}}
|type           = Zila type
|affiliation    = State government
|grades         = Classes 6th to 10th
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|students       = 1,400 to 1,500<ref>[http://www.odisha.gov.in/schooleducation/pdf/school.xls "List of High schools with no of students in Odisha.xls"].</ref>
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|location       = [[Rayagada]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
|coordinates   = {{coord |19.165515|83.406600}}
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'''Govind Chandra Dev (Zilla) High School''', better known as '''G.C.D. High School''' or '''G.C.D. (Zilla) High School,''' [[Rayagada]], is one of the oldest high schools of the [[Rayagada district]] in the Indian state of [[Odisha]]. The school is named after Govind Chandra Dev Thataraja Bahadur. It is one among the 17 recognized high schools of the Rayagada district.<ref>[http://www.bseodisha.nic.in/?q=node/39%27%3B "Recognized high schools of Raygada dist."].</ref><ref>[http://rayagada.nic.in/HIGHSECONDARY.htm "Secondary education in Rayagada district"].</ref><ref>[http://www.oddistricts.nic.in/important_sectors/index.php?id=216 "Official website of Rayagada dist"]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>

==History==
The school was established in 1938.<ref>[http://www.schoollistindia.com/g-c-d-high-school-rayagada_605787-or.html "List of schools in India"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200418/http://www.schoollistindia.com/g-c-d-high-school-rayagada_605787-or.html |date=25 May 2014 }}.</ref> During pre-independence period, the district board at [[Koraput]] (with the collector and agent as its president) upgraded the higher elementary school at Rayagada to a middle school in 1938.<ref name="name">[https://books.google.com/books?id=6cRUFLyk1ecC&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=Govt.+Boys%27+high+school,+Gunupur&source=bl&ots=ojkNsdfvtw&sig=eDyTC_nIykYSltkST7PhrdA8FKw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=J5pOU-vhD8GHrgeA7YCQCg&ved=0CHkQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=Govt.%20Boys%27%20high%20school%2C%20Gunupur&f=false "Development of education in Koraput district"].</ref>

The school was a pioneer in the education field in the undivided Koraput district. It is an [[Odia language|Oriya]] medium school affiliated to the [[Board of Secondary Education, Odisha]] under the [[Government of Odisha|State Government of Odisha]]. The school maintains an Eco-Club.<ref>[http://www.cesorissa.org/NGC/District_wise_Eco-club_list/Rayagada.pdf "List of ecoclubs in Rayagada dist"].</ref>

The school has given rise to many important personalities{{clarify|date=May 2016|reason=meaning "alumni"?}} including:
* Dr. Sashi Bhusana Padhi,<ref>[http://www.oddistricts.nic.in/administration/collectorate.php "Official portal of Rayagada"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704064059/http://oddistricts.nic.in/administration/collectorate.php |date=4 July 2014 }}.</ref> former [[District Collector|Collector and District Magistrate]], Rayagada
* Hon'ble Shri Justice R. K. Patro, former Judge of the [[Orissa High Court]]<ref>[http://sambadepaper.com/epapermain.aspx?edcode=34&eddate=1/29/2015&querypage=2# "Sambadepaper"]</ref>
* Hon'ble Shri Justice U. Durga Prasada Rao,<ref>[http://hc.ap.nic.in/aphc/udprj.html "Hon'ble Judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811175751/http://hc.ap.nic.in/aphc/udprj.html |date=11 August 2014 }}.</ref> Judge of the [[High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad|Telangana and Andhra Pradesh High Court]]
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==See also==

*[[Board of Secondary Education, Odisha]]
*[[List of schools in India#Odisha|List of schools in Odisha]]
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==References==
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[[Category:1938 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Education in Rayagada district]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1938]]
[[Category:High schools and secondary schools in Odisha]]


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