# Comilla Zilla School

Comilla Zilla School (Bengali: কুমিল্লা জিলা স্কুল) is a public boys' school in Comilla, a city in Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest schools in the country. It was the only school in Comilla when established in 1837.It is the best school under Comilla Board and one of the top 10 ranking schools in whole Bangladesh

## History

The school is situated at the center of Comilla town. It was established on 20 July 1837 by the Englishman Henry George Leicester and named Comilla Zilla School. later It was set up by the Government of British India for teaching English literature and science. At the beginning, there were 37 students only. The school was running under University of Calcutta since 1857. Before that, the academic building of the school was expanded and more facilities were created to upgrade it as a full-fledged high school. The school covers about 5.69 acres of land.

## Current day

From the beginning of its establishment the school was running only in one shift. From 1991 two shifts has been introduced: morning and day. There are two sections in class five: Morning A and Day A. From Class Six to Eight, there are 6 sections in each class: Morning A,B,C, and Day A,B,C. Each section comprises a maximum of 60 students.
For Class Nine and Ten, students are distributed into four sections following the same structure with a larger number of students in a class. About 2,000 students are studying in the school with 53 teachers and 20 administration staffs.

## Facilities

The school has three academic buildings, one administration building and two hostels. There is a big field in the school area, as well as a basketball court . Other facilities include mosque, workshop, auditorium, canteen, shaheed minar, and library. The school has five laboratories and a computer lab.

## Achievements

Among schools under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Comilla, the school ranked first numerous times on Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination.

## Notable alumni

* Asif Akbar, Bangladeshi pop singer
* A.B.M. Khairul Haque, prominent Bangladeshi Jurist and former Chief Justice of Bangladesh
* AKM Azizul Haque, advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture.
* Dhirendranath Datta, Bengali lawyer who was active in the politics of undivided Bengal in pre-partition India and later in East Pakistan (1947–1971)
* Enamul Haque Moni, former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 29 ODIs from 1990 to 2003
* General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, former Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh
* Himangshu Dutta, music composer
* Kamrul Ahsan, Bangladesh Ambassador to Russia, Secretary to the Government, career foreign service officer and former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada and Singapore
* Muhammad Anwar Hossain, 2nd Lt. (1-E Bengal), first Shaheed defense officer during Bangladesh Liberation War, later awarded as Bir Uttom by Bangladesh Government
* Piash Karim, sociologist and political commentator
* Sachin Dev Burman, former Indian music director and singer. A member of the Tripura royal family, he started his career with Bengali films in 1937. Later he began composing for Hindi movies, and became one of the most successful and influential Bollywood film music composers.
* Shib Narayan Das, student leader of late 1960s who designed the first national flag of Bangladesh
* Syed Mahmud Hossain, Lawyer, jurist and the 22nd Chief Justice of Bangladesh.
* Mizanur Rahman Aryan, the owner and founder of "Mr.Aryan Films", is a Bangladeshi television film director and scriptwriter.