Dinajpur Zila School

Dinajpur Zila School was established in 1854 in the Pratap House by the Raja Tarakanath. In 1856 the government nationalised the school and converted it into the Zila (district) school. Despite the nationalisation, the school was still financially supported by the Raja and other local influentials in the 19th century. It has one of best graduation rates in Bangladesh. The current school building was built in the 20th century and upgraded in the 21st century. The main office and library is in a building that was a revenue office built in the 18th century by Raja Baiyanath. The student hostel was built in 1910 and is still there. The library building is now being painted again and the floors are being replaced.[1]

The Admission for the school mainly starts from class 3. The school gives one year for preparation of the examination. As example, in 2017, those students who read in class 2, take preparation for the admission exam which is held usually in the last week of December. After the exam 240 students are chosen from thousands of examinees. They read in class 3 in the next year.[1]

• Narayan Gangopadhyay, Bengali writer and professor of University of Calcutta[2]
• General Shafiul Haque, Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army
• Moinuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, politician, social reformer and member of the Ghugudanga Zamindar family
• Rampran Gupta, historian, author and leader of Brahma Samaj