Pabna Zilla School ( bn, পাবনা জিলা স্কুল) is the oldest high school in the Pabna District of Bangladesh. It provides education from class Three to Ten. It has two shifts - morning and day. The morning shift starts at 7:15 am and ends at 11.45am. And the day shift starts at 12:30 pm and ends at 5:15 pm. This only applies from class 6 to 10. From class 3 to 5 time slot is lesser than above for both shifts. Each shift has a 20 minutes tiffin break after the 3rd period. Though it is a boys' school, it has male and female teachers. The school has one headmaster and two assistant headmaster. It has separate groups of teachers for morning and day shift. The school has a playground, three buildings (the Administrative Building, the Academic Building, and the Science Building), one hall room, a

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and a mosque. There is a library in ground floor of hostel with 2000+ books & a librarian. Students can borrow books and read books. It has a computer laboratory, two permanent multimedia class rooms and three individual laboratories for physics,

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and biology. This school has a big ground where students do their assembly and participate in various sports at tiffin period and after school. Even there are individual sports classes for each section ones in a week. There are two cycle garage (one is beside the hostel, and other is beside the academic building). There is a Shaheed Minar on one side of the playground.

History

Pabna Zilla School was established as an Anglo-Vernacular type of school named

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between 1836-1840. The founder of the school was Babu Digombor Saha and he was assisted by Babu RadhaGobinda Mitra. Babu

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was the headmaster during the period 1844–1853. On 1 November 1853 the school became a government Public school (government funded) and was named Pabna Zilla School. In 1966-1967 the number of students were 717. On behalf of the National Mohammedan Association, the opening assembly of Pabna Zilla School's Muslim Boarding Hall was held on 11 January 1899. Abul Mahmud, the erstwhile Deputy Magistrate of Pabna, gave a speech. The construction of that student hall was primarily funded by the three brother Zamindars of Dulai (Husayn Jan Chowdhury, Fasiluddin Abdul Ghani Chowdhury and Abdul Basit Chowdhury), the Nawab of Dhaka Khwaja Ahsanullah and the Nawab of Dhanbari

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Uniform

Morning Shift: ''White'' shirts with Red shoulder mark and '' Khaki'' pants. A Red background school badge has to be stitched on the shirt pocket. Day Shift: ''White'' shirts with Navy blue shoulder mark and '' khaki'' pants. A Navy blue background school badge has to be stitched on the shirt pocket. Note: All students have to wear white socks and shoes and they also have to hang their id card given by the school around their neck. A V-neck sweater can be worn during winter.

Location

Pabna Zilla School is located in the center of Pabna at A. Hamid Road, opposite Pabna District Jail. Pabna Zilla School, Pabna

Admission

It is a Bengali medium school. Admission is arranged in class three once a year. Admission into the school is competitive. After an initial screening, more than 5000 applicants are offered to appear in an admission test for 240 seats only. Coaching centers are also been established in Pabna for the preparation of the admission test.

Notable alumni

* Fazle Hasan Abed, social worker *

Kazi Zainul Abedin Kazi Mohammed Zainul Abedin (Urdu: قاضى ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺯﻳﻦ ﺍﻟﻌﺎﺑﺪﻳﻦ) (8 December 1892 – 23 May 1962) was an Urdu poet and an officer in the Government of the Nizam of Hyderabad. He was also the last Kazi of Udgir under ...

, poet * Shamim Ahmed Alpha, NASA scientist *

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, scientist * Shamsur Rahman Sharif Dilu, land minister * Gopal Chandra Lahiri, educationalist *

Bande Ali Mia Bande Ali Mia (17 January 1906 – 27 June 1979) was a Bangladeshi poet, lyricist, novelist, dramatist, essayist, children’s writer and journalist. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and Ekushey Padak in 1988. Early life ...

, poet * Mohammed Fazle Rabbee, cardiologist and intellectual martyr *

Abdullah Abu Sayeed Abdullah Abu Sayeed (born 25 July 1939) is a Bangladeshi educator, writer, television presenter, and activist. He is the founder and chairman of Bishwa Sahitya Kendra, a non-profit organization that promotes the study of literature, reading hab ...

, writer, television presenter, activist * Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal, poet

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