Comilla Zilla School
| Comilla Zilla school কুমিল্লা জিলা স্কুল |
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Symbol of "Comilla Zilla School"
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Kandirpar, Comilla Bangladesh |
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| 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 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1837 |
| School board | Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Comilla |
| School code | 105770 |
| Headmaster | Rasheda Akter (2011-present) |
| Grades | Class 5 to 10 |
| Gender | Male only |
| Enrollment | About 2000 |
| Medium of language | Bengali |
| Campus size | Urban, 5.69 acres |
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| Sports | Cricket, football, handball, badminton, basketball |
| Special Project | Connecting classrooms under British Council |
| Website | czs |
Comilla Zilla School (Bengali: কুমিল্লা জিলা স্কুল) is a boys' school in Comilla, a city in Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest & prestigious school in the country. It was the only school in Comilla when it was established in 1837.
The school, in the center of Comilla town, was established in July 20, 1837 by an Englishman named 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 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 acre land.
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 eight where ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ are in morning shift and day shift. There are two sections in nine and ten; they are 'A' and 'B'.
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.
These school has three academic buildings, an administrative building and two hostels. There is a big field in the school arena and there's also a basketball court . Other facilities include mosque, workshop, auditorium, canteen, shaheed minar, and library. There are fifty three teachers and twenty staff. The school has five laboratories & a computer lab.
Comilla Zilla School is one of the oldest & prestigious school in Bangladesh.The school is known for the quality of education.getting admitted here is quite competitive because of low acceptance rate.Less than 10% of the total applicants can be admitted to the school.
Among schools under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Comilla, the school ranked first numerous times on Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination.
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