Jalpaiguri Zilla School

Jalpaiguri Zilla School was established in 1876 and is an educational institution of Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. The landmark red brick main building is located on the bank of River Teesta.

Jalpaiguri Zilla School
Address
Senpara Road, Hakim Para

Jalpaiguri
,
West Bengal
,
735101

India
Coordinates26.5299479°N 88.7317109°E / 26.5299479; 88.7317109
Information
TypeGovernment school
MottoFind a Way or Make It
Established1876 (1876)
PrincipalDharma Chand Barai
Number of students1700 (approximate)
LanguageBengali & English
CampusUrban
Campus sizec. 33538 – c. m2
Colour(s)White and black   
AffiliationWBBSE and WBCHSE

Infrastructure

Jalpaiguri Zilla School has about 30 classrooms and six laboratories. Five of these are for physics, chemistry, biology, computer (Linux) and geography. The last is ATL Lab (Atal Bihari Vajpayee science lab). It is a sophisticated science laboratory, the first ATL lab made in Jalpaiguri district.

The school has two playgrounds. The larger is used for cricket, football, and athletics.

A mid-day meal is served to the students.

Awards and recognition
  • Jalpaiguri Zilla School became the champion on 16 February 2018, beating all government schools of West Bengal, at the 9th All Bengal Inter Government Schools' Sports Meet 2017–2018 in SAI complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata. This is an athletics championship. Jalpaiguri Zilla School finished with 11 gold medals, 2 silvers and 1 bronze.[1]
  • Nilabja Das and Mrinmay Mandal secured a joint 3rd position in Madhyamik examination 2018.[2][3]
  • Granthan Sengupta ranked 1st in the HS exam 2018, scoring 496 out of 500.[4]
  • Kaushik Sikdar, the zoology teacher, won the Siksharatna award in 2018.[1]
  • On January 30, 2019, Jalpaiguri Zilla School became the 1st runners up in the 10th All Bengal Inter Government Schools' Sports Meet, 2018–2019, in Salt Lake, Kolkata, with 4 golds, 9 silvers and 2 bronze medals.[1]
  • Ayushman Nandi became the champion in U-17 School Badminton Championships in October 2019. He took part in the national level, with becoming the leader of the West Bengal team.[5]
  • Soumyabrata Mukhopadhyay became one of the greatest child scientists of India on 31 December 2019 in 27th National Children's Science Congress 2019, in Tiruvananthapuram, ranking at the top 25 of the country.[1][6]
  • Jalpaiguri Zilla School won the state level YPC on January 13, 2020, in Kolkata.[1]
  • On February 2, 2020, Jalpaiguri Zilla School became the 1st runners up in the 11th All Bengal Inter Government Schools' Sports Meet, 2019–2020, in Murshidabad, with 4 golds, 5 silvers and 7 bronze medals.[1]
  • Barunaditya Saha secured the 8th position in Madhyamik examination 2020, getting 685 marks.[7]
  • In the HS exam 2020, four from this school ranked in merit list. They were Mrinmay Mandal(5th), Nilabja Das(7th), Debojit Sarkar(9th) and Agniva Saha(10th).[8]

Notable alumni

See also

References
  1. "Jalpaiguri Zilla School Facebook page". Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. "Nilabja and Mrinmay of Jalpaiguri Zilla School secures joint third place". Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. "Two friends from Jalpaiguri bagged the third place in Madhyamik". Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. "Granthan Sengupta, the topper". Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. "Ayushman Nandi departed today". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. "ভারতসেরা সৌম্যব্রত সিঞ্চন". Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. "Jalpaiguri Zilla School at 8th in merit list". Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  8. "The victorious school". Retrieved 9 October 2020.


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