School and College Info:
Khalsa College Garhdiwala
Janta College for Girls Garhdiwala
National College for Girls Garhdiwala
Khalsa Senior Secondary School Garhdiwala
DAV Secondary School Garhdiwala
DAV Middle School Garhdiwala
SGN Girls Khalsa School Garhdiwala
Okara Putri Pathshala senior Secondary School Garhdiwala
Govt Middle School Garhdiwala
Khalsa College Garhdiwala

History
This College was established under the patronage of Late Dr. M.S. Randhawa
I.C.S. by people of the area especially Late Sarvshri Mahant Sewa Dass,
Kartar Singh Bains, Saildar Bakhshish Singh, Dasondha Singh, Babu Mehar
Singh, Jathedar Thola Singh, Scout Master Harbans Singh, Gurnam Singh,
Sher Mohamad Khan, Saroop Singh in the year 1966. Jathedar Gurcharan Singh
Tohra Giani Jagdish Singh and Jathedar Pritam Singh Sharihin all member
of then General House of SGPC Amritsar helped in arranging initial endowment
funds by pledging the land of Gurudwara Shri Kiratpur Sahib.
Mahant Sewa Das Ji Bahadurpur wale, Gurnam Singh Machian, Ch. Priatam
Singh guided the destiny of the college as Presidents of Governing Body
from 1966 to 1996 when the management was handed over to the S.G.P.C.
Amritsar which is Managing the affairs of the college since then. Sarvshri
Bharpur Singh, Harnarinder Singh, C.S. Saif, B.S. Beri, Umrao Singh Lead
the team of College staff as Principals from 1966 to 1981 and the undersigned
(Rajinder Singh Pawan) has looking after the affairs of the College as
Principal since 1983.
The college is presently preparing students for 10+2 Science (Medical
& Non-Medical, Commerce) and B.A./B.Sc./B.com. It is teaching Hons.
Classes in Punjabi & Pol.Sc. Principles And Practices of Insurance
and Computer Application subjects are being taught under the Vocational
Streams, " An Introduction To Computer Science"as Add On Course
has also been started in the Computer Deptt. of the college in evening.
The college imparts postgraduate education in M.A. Punjabi and Postgraduate
Diploma In Computer Application.
The College has been quite successful in achieving the goal of imparting
quality and Higher Education to the poor people of Kandi Area of Hoshiarpur.
Thousands of our alumina has secured careers in The Deptts of Education
as teachers, in Defence and Para-Military Forces and in Foreign Countries.
They have brought Prosperity to this area by their hard work. The college
is proud of Shri D.P.Lakha I.A.S. working as Commissioner Lucknow Division
in U.P.
The college extends its extention activities for the development of
the community by going to the village, educating village folk to start
projects likes Bee-Keeping, Silk-Moth social forestry. Dairy farming and
Horticulture etc. these activities are carried through N.S.S, N.C.C.&
Youth Service Clubs and various subjects societies of the college.
The college had a beautiful building and vast Shri Guru Gobind Singh
Stadium where students are trained in games like Kabaddi, Football, Basketball,
Volleyball, Kho-Kho, Cricket and Atheltics. OUr students have won many
a times Punjab University Inter College Championship in Kabaddi, Cricket,
Basketball, Cross Country. Many students have represented P.U. Chd at
All India University Tournaments.
The college also prepare the students in extra mural activities like
Youth Leadership Training Camps, Gurmat Camps, Bhangra, Drama, Giddha,
Creative Writing, Music, Fine Art etc ect and the college has organized
P.U. Youth Festivals many a time and won many positions.
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