Comilla Zilla School

Comilla Zilla School
কুমিল্লা জিলা স্কুল
Comilla Zilla School; কুমিল্লা জিলা স্কুল
	Symbol of Comilla Zilla School
Location
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	Kandirpar, Comilla; Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°27′46″N 91°10′54″E / 23.462895°N 91.181739°ECoordinates: 23°27′46″N 91°10′54″E / 23.462895°N 91.181739°E
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	পড় তোমার প্রভুর নামে
Established	20th July,1837; 55 days ago
School board	Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Comilla
School code	105770
Headmistress	Rasheda Akter (2011-present)
Grades	Class 5 to 10
Gender	Male
Enrollment	About 2000
Language	Bengali
Campus size	Urban, 5.69 acres
Sports	Cricket, football, handball, badminton, basketball
Special project	Connecting classrooms under British Council
Website	www.czs.edu.bd

Comilla Zilla School (Bengali: কুমিল্লা জিলা স্কুল) is a boys' school in Comilla, a city in Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest schools in the country. It was the only school in Comilla when it was established in 1837.^[1]

Entrance of Comilla Zilla School

History[]

The school, in the center of Comilla town, was established on 20 July 1837 by the Englishman . It was set up by the government of British India for teaching English literature and science and named Comilla Zilla School. In the beginning, there was only 37 students. From 1857, the school was running under Kolkata University. In the 1850s, the school academic building was expanded and more facilities were created to make it a full-fledged high school. The school is situated on 5.69 acres.^[1]^[2]

Administrative building of Comilla Zilla School

Today[]

Shaheed Minar of Comilla Zilla School

Gumti building (গোমতি ভবন)

Titas building (তিতাস ভবন)

Meghna building (মেঘনা ভবন)

Initially the school conducted only one shift. From 1991 two shifts were introduced: morning and day. Presently all the classes from 5 to 10 are running. There are six sections in each of the classes: ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, and ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ for class six to ten where ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ are in morning shift and day shift.

There are 60 students in each of the sections. For class nine and ten, students are distributed into four sections following the same structure with a larger number of students in a class. Almost 2,000 students are studying in the school with 53 teachers.

There are four buildings, a Shaheed Minar and a hostel for the students. There is a library and a common room also. The school playground is used for numerous sports.

Extracurricular activities[]

Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC)
Red Crescent
Games and sports (mostly athletics, cricket, badminton, basketball, swimming and football)
Debating
Scouting
Cultural activities
Math and language competitions
Science fair
Study tour
Social development
Participates in Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad every year
Participates in every year
Participates in Bangladesh Junior Science Olympiad every year
Chess tournaments.

Facilities[]

These school has three academic buildings, an administrative building and two hostels. There is a big field in the school arena, as well as a basketball court . Other facilities include mosque, workshop, auditorium, canteen, shaheed minar, and library. There are 53 teachers and 20 staff. The school has five laboratories and a computer lab.

Achievements[]

Comilla Zilla School is one of the oldest and prestigious schools in Bangladesh. The school is known for the quality of education. Getting admitted here is competitive because of its low acceptance rate. Less than 10% of the total applicants are admitted.

Among schools under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Comilla, the school ranked first numerous times on Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination.^[3]^[4]

Since its establishment, Comilla Zilla School has produced a lot of scientists, engineers, writers, musicians, artists, doctors, journalists, lawyers, filmmakers, athletes, politicians, university teachers, government officials, and businessmen.

Notable alumni[]

Asif Akbar, is a Bangladeshi pop singer^{[citation needed]}
Apel Mahmood, is a Bangladeshi singer and freedom fighter. He is one of the performers of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 and best known for the song
A.B.M. Khairul Haque, former Chief Justice of Bangladesh^{[citation needed]}
Dhirendranath Datta, Bengali lawyer who was active in the politics of undivided Bengal in pre-partition India and later in East Pakistan (1947–1971)^{[citation needed]}
Enamul Haque Moni, former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 29 ODIs from 1990 to 2003^{[citation needed]}
Gazi Mazharul Anwar, is a Bangladeshi film director, producer, lyricist, screenwriter and music director.
General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, former Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh^{[citation needed]}
Himangshu Dutta, a music composer in the Bengali music industry^{[citation needed]}
Kamrul Ahsan, Bangladesh Ambassador to Russia, Secretary to the Government, career foreign service officer and former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada and Singapore^[5]
, 2nd Lt. (1-E Bengal), first Shaheed defense officer during Bangladesh Liberation War, later awarded as Bir Uttom by Bangladesh Government^[6]
Sachin Dev Burman, former Indian music director and singer. A member of the Tripura royal family, he started his career with Bengali films in 1937. Later he began composing for Hindi movies, and became one of the most successful and influential Bollywood film music composers.^{[citation needed]}
Shib Narayan Das, a leading student leader of late 1960s who designed the first national flag of Bangladesh^[6]
Syed Mahmud Hossain, current Chief Justice of Bangladesh