Comilla Zilla School ( bn, কুমিল্লা জিলা স্কুল) is a boys' school in

Comilla Comilla (; bn, কুমিল্লা, Kumillā, ), officially spelled Cumilla, is the fifth largest city of Bangladesh and second largest in Chittagong division. It is the administrative centre of the Comilla District. The name Comilla was ...

, a city in

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. It is one of the oldest schools in the country. It was the only school in Comilla when it was established in 1837. Entrance of CZS

History

The school, in the center of

town, was established on 20 July 1837 by the

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Henry George Leicester. 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 were 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. Administrative building of CZS

Current Day

CZS Science Project Club Members With Headmistress and Jiaul Hoque Sir

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 also a library and a common room.

Extracurricular activities

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* Cultural activities * Math and language competitions * Science fair * Study tour * Participates in the

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annually * Participates in the Bangladesh Physics Olympiad annually * Participates in Bangladesh Junior Science Olympiad annually *

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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

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. 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

The school is known for the quality of education. Less than 10% of the total applicants are admitted. Among schools under the

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, the school ranked first numerous times on

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(SSC) examination.

Notable alumni

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, Bangladesh Ambassador to Russia, Secretary to the Government, career foreign service officer and former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada and Singapore * Muhammad Anwar Hossain,

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(1-E Bengal), first Shaheed defense officer during

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, later awarded as

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175 Years of Comilla Zilla School
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, current

References

External links

* http://czs.edu.bd/ * https://www.czsspc.com/ {{Schools in Comilla Schools in Comilla District High schools in Bangladesh 1837 establishments in India Boys' schools in Bangladesh Educational institutions established in 1837