title: Bankura Zilla School
text: # Bankura Zilla School
  
  23°14′14″N 87°3′44″E﻿ / ﻿23.23722°N 87.06222°E﻿ / 23.23722; 87.06222
  
  Bankura Zilla School is one of the oldest and Best schools of Bankura District, West Bengal. Established in 1840 this school is popularly known as Zilla School. The main language of instruction used is Bengali.
  
  ## History
  
  Bankura Zilla School was established by Dr. G. N. Cheek, a civil surgeon and indigo planter, and Mr. Francis Goldsberry, the Bankura District Sessions Judge as the first English school of the district, Bankura Free School in the year 1840, which later renamed to Bankura Zilla School. The school started in 'Sepoy Barrack Hospital' building which was established in the year 1809. Nowadays this building is termed as 'hall' in the school.
  
  It is converted to Zilla School in the year 1846 and renamed to zilla school. After being converted into govt school, eastern and western part of the main building were extended. The office room of the existing school was made with the financial assistance of Maharaja Mahatabchand Bahadur of Burdwan in 1851.
  
  ## Affiliation
  
  This school is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
  
  ## Academics
  
  Bankura Zilla School has been consistently producing several top performers in West Bengal Madhyamik examination as well as Higher Secondary Exam. For Example in 2017, six students from Bankura Zilla School were in top 10 in the state. This school witnessed 5 madhyamik candidates to be 1st in madhyamik exam. This school also performs well in JEE(both main and advanced) and NEET. In 2023, Sagnik Dutta, a student of this school, ranked 39 in JEE advanced. Soham Banerjee was the first Bankura Zilla School student to make it to AIIMS New Delhi
  
  