overview
Phuentsholing Rigsar HSS is located near the Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies (RIGSS), a premier leadership institute in the country. The school is flanked by Bhutan National Bank on the south and Bhutan Telecom office on the north border. Phuentsholing Rigsar HSS is half a kilometer away from the ‘gateway to Bhutan’.
Phuentsholing Rigsar Higher Secondary School was established in 2007 as Phuentsholing Middle Secondary School, which is an offshoot of current Phuentsholing Primary School. This change was initiated to accommodate the growing admission demand in Thromde schools.
Initially, it catered to students from PP to Class X, with 1,478 students and 48 teachers, operating in two shifts due to classroom shortages. However, in 2011, the shift system was discontinued as student enrollment decreased to 905.