PabnaZilla School is the oldest high school in the Pabna District of Bangladesh. It provides education from class Three to Ten. It has two shifts - morning and day. The morning shift starts at 7:15 am and ends at 11.45am. And the day shift starts at 12:30 pm and ends at 5:15 pm.This only applies from class 6 to 10. From class 3 to 5 time slot is lesser than above for both shifts.Each shift has a 20 minutes tiffin break after the 3rd period. Though it is a boy's school, it has male and female teachers. The school has one Headmaster and two assistant headmaster. It has separate groups of teachers for morning and day shift. The school has a playground, three buildings, one hall room, a hostel and a mosque. There is a library in ground floor of hostel with 2000+ books & a librarian. Students can borrow books and read books. It has a computer laboratory, two permanent multimedia class rooms and three individual laboratories for physics, chemistry and biology. This school has a big ground where students do their assembly and participate in various sports at tiffin period and after school. Even there are individual sports classes for each section ones in a week. There are two cycle garage.There is a Shaheed Minar on one side of the playground.
History
Pabna Zilla School was established as an Anglo-Vernacular type of school named Hardinge School between 1836-1840. The founder of the school was BabuDigombor Saha and he was assisted by Babu RadhaGobinda Mitra. Babu Ramchandra Nandi was the headmaster during the period 1844–1853. On 1 November 1853 the school became a government Public school and was named Pabna Zilla School. In 1966-1967 the number of students were 717.
Uniform
Morning Shift: White shirts with Redshoulder mark and Khaki pants. A Red background school badge has to be stitched on the shirt pocket. Day Shift: White shirts with Nevy blue shoulder mark and khaki pants. A Nevy blue background school badge has to be stitched on the shirt pocket. Note: All students have to wear white socks and shoes and they also have to hang their id card given by the school around their neck. A V-neck sweater can be worn during winter.
Location
Pabna Zilla School is located in the center of Pabna at A. Hamid Road, opposite Pabna District Jail.
Admission
It is a Bengali medium school. Admission is arranged in class Three once a year. Admission into the school is competitive. After an initial screening, more than 5000 applicants are offered to appear in an admission test for 240 seats only. Coaching centers are also been established in Pabna for the preparation of the admission test.
