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| name = Jalpaiguri Zilla School<br />
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| motto = Find a Way or Make It<br />
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| address = Senpara Road, Hakim Para<br />
| city = Jalpaiguri<br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| postcode = 735101<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|26.5299479|N|88.7317109|E|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| type = Government school<br />
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| established = {{Start date|1876}}<br />
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| principal = Dharma Chand Barai<br />
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| students = 1700 (approximate)<br />
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| medium_of_language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] & [[English language|English]]<br />
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| campus = Urban<br />
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'''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 River|Teesta]].<br />
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==Infrastructure==<br />
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.<br />
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The school has two playgrounds. The larger is used for [[cricket]], [[association football|football]], and [[sport of athletics|athletics]].<br />
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A mid-day meal is served to the students.<br />
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== Awards and recognition==<br />
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*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 [[Sports Authority of India|SAI]] complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata. This is an athletics championship. Jalpaiguri Zilla School finished with 11 gold medals, 2 silvers and 1 bronze.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/jzs1876/|title=Jalpaiguri Zilla School Facebook page|accessdate=9 October 2020}}</ref><br />
*Nilabja Das and Mrinmay Mandal secured a joint 3rd position in Madhyamik examination 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.khaboronline.com/news/state/nilabja-and-mrinmay-of-jalpaiguri-district-school-secures-joint-third-place/|title=Nilabja and Mrinmay of Jalpaiguri Zilla School secures joint third place|accessdate=9 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ebela.in/state/two-friends-from-jalpaiguri-bagged-the-third-place-in-madhyamik-results-2018-dgtl-1.811739|title=Two friends from Jalpaiguri bagged the third place in Madhyamik|accessdate=9 October 2020}}</ref><br />
*Granthan Sengupta ranked 1st in the HS exam 2018, scoring 496 out of 500.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/wbchse-hs-results-2018-topper-granthan-sengupta-aspires-to-be-a-teacher-wbchse-nic-in-5209845/|title= Granthan Sengupta, the topper|accessdate=8 October 2020}}</ref><br />
*Kaushik Sikdar, the zoology teacher, won the [[Siksharatna]] award in 2018.<ref name="auto"/><br />
*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.<ref name="auto"/><br />
* 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=16&nID=196896&P=5|title=Ayushman Nandi departed today|accessdate=10 October 2020}}</ref><br />
* 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.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2689837611074235&id=1577965245594816&sfnsn=wiwspwa|title=ভারতসেরা সৌম্যব্রত সিঞ্চন|accessdate=27 November 2020}}</ref><br />
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*Jalpaiguri Zilla School won the state level YPC on January 13, 2020, in Kolkata.<ref name="auto"/><br />
*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.<ref name="auto"/><br />
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*Barunaditya Saha secured the 8th position in Madhyamik examination 2020, getting 685 marks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://siliguritimes.com/jalpaiguris-barunaditya-saha-secures-8th-position-in-wb-madhyamik-result-2020/|title=Jalpaiguri Zilla School at 8th in merit list|accessdate=9 October 2020}}</ref><br />
*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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ganashakti.com/bengali/higher-secondary-jalpaiguri-district-school-mrinmoy-mondal|title= The victorious school|accessdate=9 October 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Notable alumni==<br />
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* [[Pradip Kumar Banerjee]], Indian [[footballer]] and [[Manager (association football)|football manager]]<br />
* [[Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar]], Indian footballer of the 1970s<br />
* [[Samaresh Majumdar]], Bengali [[novelist]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Education in India]]<br />
*[[List of schools in India]]<br />
*[[Education in West Bengal]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.schoolsworld.in/schools/showschool.php?school_id=19021500306 Jalpaiguri Zilla School]<br />
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