Dinajpur Zila School

Dinajpur Zilla School দিনাজপুর জিলা স্কুল
Address
Municipality office road Dinajpur Bangladesh
Information
School type	Government funded Secondary School
Motto	জ্ঞানই শক্তি (Knowledge is Power)
Established	1854 (1854)
Session	January–December
Principal	Akhtara Parvin
Teaching staff	52
Grades	3-10
Gender	Male only
Age	08 to 17
Number of students	2000 (Approx.)
Language	Bengali
Campus	Dinajpur
Sports	Football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, badminton

Dinajpur Zilla School is a public high school in Dinajpur District, Bangladesh. About 2000 students study here from classes 3 to 10. The school's current headmistress is Mrs. Akthara Parvin. It is one of the ancient schools in Bangladesh. ^{[citation needed]}

History

Dinajpur Zilla 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 Zilla (district) school. Despite the nationalization, the school was still financially supported by the king 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 king Baiyanath. The student hostel was built in 1910 and is still there.^[1]

Admission

The admission for the school mainly starts from class 3. The school gives one year for preparation of the examination. As example, in 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 study in class 3 in the next year. There are also some sessions when admission is open for class 6.^[1]

Notable alumni

• 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

References

1. Haq, Muhammad Lutful. "Dinajpur Zila School". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
2. "পটলডাঙার টেনিদা: অনন্য এক নায়কের কথা". 25 May 2018.