Pabna Zilla School

Public school in Pabna, Bangladesh

Pabna Zilla School, Pabna

পাবনা জিলা স্কুল

Location

A. Hamid Road, Pabna

Pabna

Bangladesh

Coordinates| 24°00′08″N 89°14′0″E﻿ / ﻿24.00222°N 89.23333°E﻿ / 24.00222; 89.23333
Information
Type| Public
Motto| Shikkhar Jonno Esho Sebar Jonno Beriye Jao
(শিক্ষার জন্য এসো সেবার জন্য বেরিয়ে যাও)
Established| 1853; 172 years ago (1853)
School board| Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi
School district| Pabna
Principal| Md. Mushtaq Zaman
Faculty| 60 (4 per class)
Grades| 3 to 10 (PEC, SSC, JSC)
Gender| Boys
Number of students| 2500
Language| Bengali
Campus| Urban
Campus size| 2.54 acres (1 hectare)
Website| pzs.edu.bd

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.

Though it is a boys' school, it has male and female teachers. The school has one headmaster and two assistant headmasters. 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 Shaheed Minar on one side of the playground.

## History

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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]

On behalf of the National Mohammedan Association, the opening assembly of Pabna Zilla School's Muslim Boarding Hall was held on 11 January 1899. Abul Mahmud, the erstwhile Deputy Magistrate of Pabna, gave a speech. The construction of that student hall was primarily funded by the three brother Zamindars of Dulai (Husayn Jan Chowdhury, Fasiluddin Abdul Ghani Chowdhury and Abdul Basit Chowdhury), the Nawab of Dhaka Khwaja Ahsanullah and the Nawab of Dhanbari Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury. At that time, the branch's assistant editor was Alimuddin.[8]

## Admission

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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.

## Notable alumni

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* Fazle Hasan Abed, social worker
* Kazi Zainul Abedin, poet
* Jagadish Chandra Bose, scientist
* Bande Ali Mia, poet
* Mohammed Fazle Rabbee, cardiologist and intellectual martyr
* Abdullah Abu Sayeed, writer, television presenter, activist
* Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal, poet
* Kamal Lohani, journalist

## Related pages

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List of Zilla Schools of Bangladesh

## References

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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. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
8. ^ Ahmed, Wakil (1983). উনিশ শতকে বাঙালী মুসলমানের চিন্তাচেতনার ধারা [The trend of Bengali Muslim thought in the nineteenth century] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. p. 172.

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* Barishal Zilla School
* Barguna Zilla School
* Bogra Zilla School
* Comilla Zilla School
* Dinajpur Zilla School
* Faridpur Zilla School
* Jamalpur Zilla School
* Jashore Zilla School
* Kushtia Zilla School
* Khulna Zilla School
* Mymensingh Zilla School
* Naogaon Zilla School
* Noakhali Zilla School
* Pabna Zilla School
* Rangpur Zilla School
* Thakurgaon Zilla School

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