Howrah Zilla School

Howrah Zilla School, abbreviated as HZS, is a Governmental, Bengali medium, higher secondary school located in Howrah in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the only government high school of Howrah. It is affiliated with West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.

Howrah Zilla School
Howrah Zilla School in 2023
Address
9 Church Road (also Biplabi Haren Ghosh Sarani), Howrah-711101 Howrah, West Bengal India
Information
Former name	Howrah Government School
School type	Government High School
Established	1 December 1845
Founder	East India Company
School code	19161502906
Headmaster	Rakendu Bikash Majumdar (assistant headmaster-in-charge)
Faculty	50
Grades	Preprimary-XII
Number of students	c. 1200 (secondary and high secondary) and 600 (primary)
Student to teacher ratio	40:1
Language	Bengali
Schedule	Sec, HS- 11.00am- 4.00pm Primary- 7.30am-10.30am
Classrooms	22
Song	Jana Gana Mana
Yearbook	Diganta (দিগন্ত) and a wall magazine named Ankur (অঙ্কুর)
Affiliation	West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
Website	howrahzillaschool.webs.com

History

The school was established on 1 December 1845. The plan for the school was approved by the District Magistrate, Cockburn Sahib. British teacher, Mr. Donalgard was appointed as the first headmaster. During that period, educationist Bhagabati Charan Basu served as one of its teachers. At that time, it was known as Howrah Government School. Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, a disciple of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio and classmate of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, was the first Indian headmaster of the school. Classes were initially held in a rented house near Howrah Court, in exchange for Rs. 60. Later, when the number of students increased, the British Government provided new land and money for setting up a new building for the students. In 1885, students of this school first appeared in the entrance examination of University of Calcutta. Makhanlal Dey, who ranked first in this exam in 1899, was appointed as the Headmaster of this institution in 1938. Other notable faculty include Umes Chandra Das, Korunanidhan Bandopadhyay, Bidhubhusan Bhattacharya, Jogen Chowdhury, Jaydeep Sarangi and Sagar Sen. Now it is the only Governmental school of Howrah district.^[1]

Campus

Howrah Zilla School has six buildings in total. Two of them have been declared as heritage buildings. The school has two different teachers' rooms for morning and day section. The school has two conference halls named as "New Hall" and "Old Hall".

Laboratories

The school has five subject-based laboratories.

• Chemistry Laboratory
• Physics Laboratory
• Computer Laboratory
• Biology Laboratory
• Geography Laboratory
• Statistics Laboratory

Notable alumni

• Soumitra Chatterjee, film and stage actor and poet.^[1]
• Subroto Mukherjee, first Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force.
• Mani Shankar Mukherjee, famous Bengali writer, well known for his book on Swami Vivekananda
• Muhammad Shahidullah, educationist, linguist
• Shri Debasis Jana, chairman cum managing director of Andrew Yule and Company
• Bani Kumar, the writer of famous Mahisasuramardini script which is played on the auspicious Mornings of Mahalaya in the voice of Birendra Krishna Bhadra.
• Ganesh Chandra Mitter, first Indian to be the Mint Master of India, Also the founder and fifth President of Indian Institute of Metals

Alumni Association

Alumni association of the school was established in the year 2010. The association mainly celebrates the foundation day of the institution. It also arranges an annual medical camp for students.^[2]