Comilla Zilla School

The school, in the center of Comilla town, was established in 20 July 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.[1]

Administrative building of Comilla Zilla School

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Shaheed Minar of Comilla Zilla School

Gumti building (গোমতি ভবন)

Titas building (তিতাস ভবন)

Meghna building (মেঘনা ভবন)

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 ten where ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ are in morning shift and day shift.

There are 60 students in each of the sections.

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.

• Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC).
• Red Crescent.
• Games and sports (mostly athletics, cricket, Badminton, Basketball, swimming and football).
• Debating.
• Scouting.
• Cultural activities.
• Math and language competitions.
• Science fair.
• Study tour.
• Social Development.
• Participates in Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad every year.
• Participates in Bangladesh Physics Olympiad every year.
• Participates in Bangladesh Junior Science Olympiad every year.
• Chess tournaments.

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 into this school.

Among schools under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Comilla, the school ranked first numerous times on Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination.[3][4]

Since its establishment, Comilla Zilla School has produced a lot of Scientists, Engineers, Writers, Musicians, Artists, Doctors, Journalists, Lawyers, Filmmakers, Professional Athletes, Politicians, University Teachers, Government Officials, Successful Businessmen etc.

• Syed Mahmud Hossain, current Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• A.B.M. Khairul Haque, former Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Dhirendranath Datta, Bengali lawyer who was active in the politics of undivided Bengal in pre-partition India and later in East Pakistan (1947–1971)
• General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, former Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh
• Himangshu Dutta, a music composer in the Bengali music industry
• Kamrul Ahsan, Now serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to Russia,Secretary to the Government, a career foreign service officer and former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada and Singapore[5]
• Muhammad Anwar Hossain, 2nd Lt. (1-E Bengal), first Shaheed defense officer during Bangladesh Liberation War, later awarded as Bir Uttom by Bangladesh Government[6]
• Sachin Dev Burman, musician[7]
• Shib Narayan Das, a leading student leader of late 1960s who designed the first national flag of Bangladesh[6]

• List of Zilla Schools of Bangladesh
• List of Educational Institutions in Comilla

• The school's web site

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