PABNA ZILLA SCHOOL

Pabna Zilla School
Location
A. Hamid Road, Pabna, Bangladesh
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Shikkhar Jonno Eso Sebar Jonno Berea Jao"
Established	1853
School district	Pabna
Grades	3(three) to 10(S.S.C.)

Pabna Zilla School (Bengali: পাবনা জিলা স্কুল) is the oldest high school in the Pabna District of Bangladesh and one of the top-ranked schools in the country. It provides education from class three (grade-3) to class ten (grade-10). It has two shifts - morning and day. The morning shift starts at 7.30 am and day shifts starts at 12.00 noon.Though it is a boy's school, it has both male and female teachers. This school has one headmaster but it has separate groups of teachers for morning and day shift. Pabna Zilla School has a big playground, three large buildings (known as the administrative building, the academic building, and the science building), one hall room, a hostel and a mosque as well. It has a well equipped computer laboratory and four individual laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture.

History

Pabna Zilla School was established as a "Anglo-Vernacular" type of school between 1836-1840. The founder of the school was Babu Digombor Saha and he was assisted by Babu RadhaGobinda Mitra. Babu Ramchandra Nandi was the headmaster during the period 1844-1853. In 1 Nov, 1853 the School became a government Public school (government funded and was named Pabna Zilla School. In 1966-1967 the number of students were 717. But now it has a wide range of teachers and students.

Location

Pabna Zilla School is located in the center of Pabna at A. Hamid Road. at 24°00′08″N 89°14′0″E.

Admission

Generally, admission is permitted in class three, six and nine once in a year. Admission into this school is very competitive. After an initial rigorous screening, more than 3000 applicants are offered to appear at a comprehensive admission test for only 240 positions. Application forms are usually available during the first week of December in every year. A number of coaching center has established in Pabna for this admission test.

Academics

This school teaches from class three to class ten. Upon a rigorous screening in class ten, students are appeared at S.S.C. examination. Each year about 2,50,000 students covered from north-west regions of the country take part in this public examination under Rajshahi Education Board. The S.S.C. examinees of this school always rank top in the merit positions. Since its birth, it has produced a number of remarkable alumni who have significantly contributed into the successful advancement not only of the country but also of the whole world.

Pabna Zilla School