Rangpur Zilla School
| Rangpur Zilla School রংপুর জিলা স্কুল | |
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 Rangpur Zilla School | |
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Kachari bazaar road , 5400 | |
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| School type | Government funded Secondary School |
| Motto | Knowledge is Power জ্ঞানই শক্তি |
| Established | 1832 |
| School board | Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dinajpur |
| Session | January–December |
| Principal | Abul Kalam Azad (2024 – present) |
| Staff | 10 |
| Teaching staff | 53 |
| Grades | 3-10 |
| Gender | Male Only |
| Age | 07 to 17 |
| Number of students | 1800 |
| Language | Bengali |
| Campus | Rangpur 5400 |
| Campus size | 14 acres |
| Sports | Football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, badminton |
| Alumni | Prafulla Chaki, anti-British revolutionary, Anisul Hoque, playwright, poet, novelist, journalist |
| EIIN | 127372 |
| Special project | Connecting classrooms under British Council |
| Website | www |
Rangpur Zilla School (Rangpur District School) is a school in Rangpur City, Bangladesh. It is one of the earliest schools established in Bengal.
History
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The school was established in 1832 as Rangpur Zamindar School, by the local Zaminders or landlords. Nathial Smith, the district collector working for the British East India Company led government, also had a central role. The school was inaugurated by Lord William Bentinck, the erstwhile Governor General of Bengal. The Maharaja of Cooch Bihar donated funds for construction of the school building. Krishna Nath Ray joined as the first headmaster of the school.
The school was taken under the management of the Government of India in 1857. It was affiliated with the Calcutta University. In 1862, it was renamed to Rangpur Zilla School.
The school building and other facilities were expanded between 1870 and 1874.
Campus
[edit]The campus covers an area of 14 acres (5.7 ha) with hostels for the students. The two-story, I-shaped academic building contains 55 classrooms, a library, an auditorium, a prayer room, and science laboratories. There is a pond behind the classrooms and a large field in front of the main building.
Classes
[edit]The syllabus follows the rules of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dinajpur. The medium of instruction is Bengali.
Notable alumni
[edit]- Atiqur Rahman, political analyst, writer
- Prafulla Chaki, anti-British revolutionary
- Anisul Hoque, playwright, poet, novelist, journalist
- M. A. Wazed Miah Bangladeshi physicist
See also
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