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Jashore Zilla School যশোর জিলা স্কুল | |
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, 7400 Bangladesh | |
Coordinates | 23°09′46″N89°12′22″E / 23.1628°N 89.2062°E |
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Former name | Jessore Zilla School (1838-2018) |
School type | Primary and Secondary school Public |
Motto | পড় তোমার প্রভুর নামে (Read in the name of your Lord) |
Established | 1838 |
Founder | British government of India |
School board | Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jessore |
Head of school | Shoaib Hossain |
Teaching staff | 52 |
Number of students | 2000+ |
Classes | 3 to 10 |
Language | Bangla |
Schedule | 7:15 AM to 4:30 PM |
Area | 25 acres (10 ha) |
Campus type | Urban |
Website | www |
Jessore Zilla School is an old government school located in Jessore district of Bangladesh. The school was established on 3 February 1838. It is one of the oldest schools in the entire Bengal including Jessore district. About 2040 students study in morning and day branches in this school. [1] Among the famous teachers of Jessore Zilla School are Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah and Krishna Chandra Majumder.
It was founded on 3 February 1838. And the district school was named in 1872. Its earlier name was Jessore Model School. The school started with 132 students. Initially started in the bungalow house of a local queen, later the school got a grant of 7.8 acres of land at Khadki in Jessore and the school started there permanently. In 1971, the school was burnt by Razakars, the school furniture and valuable documents with the help of Pak invasion forces.
In 1874, education was introduced in Persian, followed by Urdu in 1947, for non-Bengali students. The then government of Pakistan included this school in the pilot project in mid-1963. And it was in this year that the science branch was launched. Commerce wing was opened in 1965 and humanities wing was opened in 1970.[2]
The first headmaster of the district school was Mr. J. Smith. Besides, several famous personalities of the subcontinent have taught in this school. For example, Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah, Krishna Chandra Majumdar, Anees Siddiqui, Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, Sirajuddin Hossain, Prof. Mohammad Moniruzzaman, and Comrade Abdul Haque.[3]
Presently Jessore Zilla School has two shifts open, morning and day shift. One of the largest auditoriums in Jessore city is located in the middle of the school, besides the school has 4 administrative buildings, two ponds, a large playground, two garages, a mosque, and more than two thousand students and more than fifty teachers teach here. Jessore Zilla School library has more than 5000 books and several valuable documents and historical documents. Recently in Jessore Zilla School, government primary level book depository has been created. Presently the head teacher of the school is Md. Shoaib Hossain.[2]
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