Purulia Zilla School is one of the oldest existing schools in

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. It offers grades from class I to class XII. It has two sections. Grade I to Grade V in the morning section and Grade VI to Grade XII in the Day Section. In the morning section it is run by a Teacher-In-Charge and ten other teachers. In the day section it is run by 28 teachers along with a Headmaster and an Assistant Head Master. Once it was a Co-education School but now it is a Boys' School. The main language of instruction used is Bengali.

History

Purulia Zilla School was established in 1853. Initially it was named as Purulia High School and later it was renamed to Purulia Zilla School. This school was set up by British Rulers in a view to work in the interest of the people and to produce some good quality and skilled employees.

Affiliation

It was under Calcutta University until 1916 and Patna University from 1917 to 1950. It was under Patna Board from 1951 to 1956. Currently it is affiliated to

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for Madhyamik and

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) came into existence in 1975. It is an autonomous examining authority, which is responsible for conducting examinations for standard XII for both government and private schools aff ...

for Higher Secondary.

Location

It is located at a distance of 323 kilometers from

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, the capital city of

. It is 85 kilometers from

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and 250 kilometers from

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. It is situated in the central location of Purulia District. It is two kilometers away from Purulia Railway Station and around half kilometer away from Purulia Bus Stand.

Infrastructure

Purulia Zilla School is situated in 40 acres of land area. It contains 25 classrooms and 6 laboratories. It also has a conference room. There is a boys hostel with capacity of 100 students.

Library

It has a library with a seating capacity of 50 students. It contains 28,740 volumes (as on 31.12.2012).

References

External links

School SchoolWikimedia Map Link for PZSOrkut CommunityPurulia Official site
{{Zilla Schools Boys' schools in India Primary schools in West Bengal High schools and secondary schools in West Bengal Schools in Purulia district Purulia Educational institutions established in 1853 1853 establishments in India