Comilla Zilla School

The school, in the center of Comilla town, was established on 20 July 1837 by the Englishman 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 were 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.[1][2]

Administrative building of Comilla Zilla School

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 two sections of class five:morning A and day A and in 6-10 there are 6 sections in each of the classes:"morning A,B,C", and "day A, B,C" for class six to ten.

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 also a library and a common room.

• Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC)
• Red Crescent
• Sports (athletics, cricket, badminton, basketball, swimming, and football)
• Debating
• Scouting
• Cultural activities
• Math and language competitions
• Science fair
• Study tour
• Participates in the Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad annually
• Participates in the Bangladesh Physics Olympiad annually
• Participates in Bangladesh Junior Science Olympiad annually
• Chess tournaments

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.

The school is known for the quality of education. 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 (SSC) examination.[3][4]

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

• http://czs.edu.bd/
• https://www.czsspc.com/

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