Pabna Zilla School

Pabna Zilla School (Bengali: 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.

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Location
A. Hamid Road, Pabna Bangladesh
Coordinates	24°00′08″N 89°14′0″E
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Shikkhar Jonno Eso Sebar Jonno Beriye Jao শিক্ষার জন্য এসো সেবার জন্য বেরিয়ে যাও"
Established	1853 (1853)
Founded	1835(as Hardinge School) 1853(asPabna Zilla School)
Opened	7:00 am
Closed	5:00 pm
School board	The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi
Principal	Farid Uddin
Faculty	32 (4 per class)
Grades	3 to 10(PSC, SSC, JSC)
Gender	Boys
Number of students	2500
Medium of language	Bengali
Campus	Urban
Area	2.54 acres (1 hectare)
Nickname	PZS
Website	pzs.edu.bd

Though it is a boy's 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 hostel 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, chemistry 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 (শহীদ মিনার) on one side of the playground.

History

Pabna Zilla School was established as an Anglo-Vernacular[1] type of school named Hardinge School between 1836-1840 .[2][3] The founder of the school was Babu Digombor Saha[4] and he was assisted by Babu RadhaGobinda Mitra. Babu Ramchandra Nandi was the headmaster during the period 1844–1853. On 1 November 1853 the school became a government Public school (government funded)[5] and was named Pabna Zilla School. In 1966-1967 the number of students were 717.[6][7]

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 Nevy blue shoulder mark and khaki pants. A Nevy 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.

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.

Pabna Zilla School

Faculty office

Main Academy Building

Hostel

Playground

Shaheed Minar

Mosque

Notable alumni

• Fazle Hasan Abed, social worker
• Kazi Zainul Abedin, poet
• Shamim Ahmed Alpha, NASA scientist
• Jagadish Chandra Bose, scientist
• Shamsur Rahman Sharif Dilu, land minister
• Gopal Chandra Lahiri, educationalist
• Bande Ali Mia, poet
• Mohammed Fazle Rabbee, cardiologist and intellectual martyr
• Abdullah Abu Sayeed, writer, television presenter, activist
• Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal, poet

See also

List of Zilla Schools of Bangladesh

References

1. 'Pabna Zelar Itihash(history of Pabna district)' published in 1923
2. 'Pabna Zelar Itihash(history of Pabna district)' published in 1923
3. magazine of Pabna Zilla School published in 2003
4. 'Pabna Zelar Itihash(history of Pabna distrist)' published in 1923
5. 'Pabna Zelar Itihash(history of Pabna distrist)' published in 1923
6. 'Pabna Zelar Itihash(history of Pabna distrist)' published in 1923
7. "Pabna Zila School - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2017-08-23.