Kushtia Zilla School

Kushtia Zilla School
Front view of Kushtia Zilla School
Location
Kushtia Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°54′19″N89°07′15″E / 23.9054°N 89.1207°E / 23.9054; 89.1207
Information
Type	Public
Established	1961 (1961)
School board	Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jashore
Headmaster	Munshi Kamruzzaman (acting)
Faculty	50
Grades	Class 3 to Class 10
Gender	Male
Enrollment	2,000
Language	Bengali
Website	kushtiazillaschool.edu.bd

Kushtia Zilla School is a public school for boys in Kushtia, Bangladesh. It offers education from Class 3 through Class 10 to about 2,000 students in two shifts.

The school was established in 1961. At the outbreak of the Bangladesh Liberation War, a company of Pakistan Army troops set up their headquarters there. A few days later they were attacked, driven from the school, and nearly annihilated by rebel forces.

History

Kushtia Zilla School was established in 1961, when Kushtia was part of East Pakistan. ^[1]

Ten years later, it was the largest school in what was then a town of 30,000 people. ^[2] When the Bangladesh Liberation War broke out in 1971, the Pakistani Army tried to control the East Pakistani populace. During the night of 25 March, a company of the 27 Baloch Regiment entered Kushtia. They disarmed 500 police there and occupied the school and other key positions. ^{[2] [3]}

Many personnel of the East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) turned against the Pakistan Army. Before dawn on 30 March, several thousand members of the EPR, ^[3] augmented by police and Ansars (paramilitary militia), attacked the West Pakistani troops in Kushtia. ^[2] Major Abu Osman Chowdhury was in overall command of the attack. ^[3]

The West Pakistanis called for reinforcements, but none came. ^[3] After two days of fighting, having fallen back to the radio station and the school, 75 surviving soldiers tried to break out of the siege under cover of darkness and retreat to their army base at Jessore. ^{[2] [3]} Finding the road blocked, they fled into the countryside. Most were killed by farmers "armed with hatchets, knives, and bamboo staves". Only about a dozen lived. ^[4]

Academics

Kushtia Zilla School is a school for boys. ^[5] It offers education from Class 3 through Class 10. ^[6] To serve its approximately 2,000 students, it operates two shifts—a morning shift and a day shift. ^[5] It employs about 50 teachers. ^[7]

Campus

Kushtia Zilla School Mosque

The Kushtia Zilla School campus is located on 8 acres (3.2 ha) in the heart of Kushtia, on the east side of the Rajshahi-Khulna Highway. ^[8] The three-story administration building was built in 1961. A four-story academic building was added in 2010. ^[9]

Notable alumni

Students of Kushtia Zilla School

• Abul Barkat, economist and professor at the University of Dhaka ^[10]
• Abul Ahsan Chowdhury, professor of Bengali at Islamic University, Bangladesh ^[11] and Bangla Academy Literary Award recipient
• Raghib Rauf Chowdhury  [ bn ], attorney general ^[12]
• Abrar Farhad, murdered Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student ^[13] and posthumous Independence Award recipient
• Anamul Haque, wicket-keeper for Bangladesh national cricket team ^[14]
• Chamok Hasan, author, musician, educator and electrical engineer ^[15]
• Masum Reza, playwright, television and stage director^{[ citation needed ]}
• Sadik Hasan Rumi, major general^{[ citation needed ]}
• S.I. Tutul, singer and musician^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Siddiqui, Ashraf, ed. (1976). Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Kushtia. Dacca: Bangladesh Government Press. p. 171.
2. "Independent Bengali Nation Becoming Reality in Practice". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. 9 April 1971. p. 4A.
3. Islam, Rafiqul (August 1998). "Bangladesh War of Liberation: Strategy and Operations". Bangladesh Historical Studies. XVII: 85.
4. "Victories Claimed by Pakistani Independence Forces". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. 9 April 1971. p. 4A.
5. এক নজরে কুষ্টিয়া জিলা স্কুল পরিচিতি [Kushtia District School Profile at a Glance]. Kushtia Zilla School (in Bengali). Retrieved 2026-02-26.
6. "Kushtia Zilla School, Kushtia". Khulna Division. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
7. "Teacher shortage disrupts academic activities". The New Nation. 24 January 2026.
8. সংক্ষিপ্ত ইতিহাস [Brief History]. Kushtia Zilla School. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
9. "Kushtia Zilla School, Kushtia (117743)". Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (in Bengali). Search by EIIN 117743.
10. "Professor Abul Barkat Biography" (PDF). Human Development Research Center. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
11. Hossain, Selina; Islam, Nurul; Hossain, Mobarak, eds. (2000). Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers. Bangla Academy. p. 12. ISBN   984-07-4052-0.
12. "Raghib Rauf Chy appointed new attorney general". Daily Sun. 23 February 2026.
13. "Abrar Fahad: A promising life brutally cut short". Prothom Alo. UNB. 9 October 2019.
14. বিকেএসপি জীবন বদলে দিয়েছে যাঁর [Whose life has been changed by BKSP?]. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 2 February 2015.
15. Rahman, Mahfuz (10 January 2016). চমক জাগানিয়া! [Amazing!]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali).