Barisal Zilla School
| Barisal Zilla School বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল | |
|---|---|
 Barisal Zilla School West Building | |
| Location | |
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Sadar Road Barisal 8200 | |
| Coordinates | 22°41′53″N 90°22′08″E / 22.698°N 90.369°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Public school |
| Motto | পড় তোমার প্রভুর নামে |
| Established | 23 December 1829 |
| School board | Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Barisal |
| Headmaster | Bishwanath Saha[1] |
| Faculty | 54 |
| Grades | Class III-X |
| Gender | Boys only |
| Enrollment | 2500+ |
| Language | Bengali |
| Color(s) | |
| Yearbook | Sobuj Pata |
| Special project | Connecting classrooms under British Council |
Barisal Zilla School is a boys school located in Barisal, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest and top ranked high schools in the country and the first high school in Barisal Division.[2]
It was founded by an Englishman, N. W. Garret, on 23 December 1829 with only 8 students. Now it has more than two thousand students.
Notable alumni[change | change source]
Barisal Zilla School produced many leading local reformers, politicians, statesmen, educationists, philosophers, poets-writers, and sportsmen. Those notable persons include:[2]
- Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali nationalist and statesman
- Abdul Jabbar Khan, former speaker
- Abdur Rahman Biswas, former president of Bangladesh
- Altaf Mahmud, music composer
- Sardar Fazlul Karim, scholar, academic, philosopher and essayist
- Buddhadeb Guha, writer
- Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, ex-chief of Army staff
References[change | change source]
- ↑ https://www.bd-pratidin.com/amp/campus-online/2020/01/22/494785
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yasmin, Sabina (2012). "Barisal Zila School". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
