Howrah Zilla School
| Howrah Zilla School | |
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| Address | |
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9,Church Road (also Biplabi Haren Ghosh Sarani), Howrah-711101 Howrah, West Bengal India | |
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| Former name | Howrah Government School |
| School type | Government High School |
| Established | 1 December 1845 |
| Founder | East India Company |
| School district | Howrah |
| Headmaster | Rakendu Bikash Majumder (In-charge) |
| Faculty | 50 |
| Grades | Preprimary-XII |
| Number of students | approx. 1200 (Secondary and high secondary) and 600 (Primary) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 30 |
| Medium of language | Bengali |
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| Classrooms | ~50 |
| Song | Jana Gana Mana |
| Yearbook | Diganta (দিগন্ত) and a wall magazine named Ankur (অঙ্কুর) |
| Affiliation | West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education |
| Uniform | White Shirt and Green Pants with white shocks and black school shoes with the badge bearing Lion Capital of Ashoka |
Howrah Zilla School (HZS) is the only government high school of Howrah, in the state of West Bengal in India. It is affiliated with West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.
History
The school was established on 1 November 1845. The plan for the school was approved by the District Magistrate, Cockburn Sahib. British teacher, Mr. Donalgard was appointed as the first headmaster. During that period, educationist Bhagabati Charan Basu served as one of its teachers. At that time, it was known as Howrah Government School. Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, a disciple of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio and classmate of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, was the first Indian headmaster of the school. Classes were initially held in a rented house near Howrah Court, in exchange for Rs. 60. Later, when the number of students increased, the British Government provided new land and money for setting up a new building for the students. In 1885, students of this school first appeared in the entrance examination of University of Calcutta. Makhanlal Dey, who ranked first in this exam in 1899, was appointed as the Headmaster of this institution in 1938. Other notable faculty include Umes Chandra Das, Korunanidhan Bandopadhyay, Bidhubhusan Bhattacharya, Jogen Chowdhury , and Sagar Sen. Now it is the only Governmental school of Howrah district.[1]
Campus
Howrah Zilla School has six buildings in total. Two of them have been declared as heritage buildings. The school has two different teachers' rooms for morning and day section. The school has two conference rooms.
Laboratories
The school has five laboratories.
- Chemistry Laboratory
- Physics Laboratory
- Computer Laboratory
- Biology Laboratory
- Geography Laboratory
Library
The school library has a lot of old books, most of which are not available in the market today..
Notable alumni
- Soumitra Chatterjee, film and stage actor and poet.[1]
- Dr. Rasiklal Dutt, first Doctor of Science by University of Calcutta - Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel by the British Government; he invented a new way to prepare the organic compound Chloropicrin.
- Subroto Mukherjee, first Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force.
- Bani Kumar, composer of popular songs of Durga Puja and writer of Mahisasuramardini.
- Mani Shankar Mukherjee, famous Bengali writer, well known for his book on Swami Vivekananda
- Muhammad Shahidullah, educationist, writer, philologist and linguist.
- Dilip Bagchi, Mass singer and political activist
Alumni Association
Alumni association of the school was established in the year 2010. The association mainly celebrates the foundation day of the institution. It also arranges an annual medical camp for students.[2]