Comilla Zilla School is a boys' school in Comilla, a city in Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools in the country. It was the only school in Comilla when it was established in 1837.
History
The school, in the center of Comilla town, was established in 20 July 1837 by the EnglishmanHenry 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 acres.
Today
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. 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, as well as a basketball court. Other facilities include mosque, workshop, auditorium, canteen, shaheed minar, and library. There are 53 teachers and 20 staff. The school has five laboratories and a computer lab.
Achievements
Comilla Zilla School is one of the oldest and prestigious schools in Bangladesh. The school is known for the quality of education. Getting admitted here is competitive because of its low acceptance rate. Less than 10% of the total applicants are admitted. Among schools under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Comilla, the school ranked first numerous times on Secondary School Certificate examination. Since its establishment, Comilla Zilla School has produced a lot of scientists, engineers, writers, musicians, artists, doctors, journalists, lawyers, filmmakers, athletes, politicians, university teachers, government officials, and businessmen.
Sachin Dev Burman, former Indian music director and singer. A member of the Tripura royal family, he started his career with Bengali films in 1937. Later he began composing for Hindi movies, and became one of the most successful and influential Bollywood film music composers.
