Barisal Zilla School

Barisal Zilla School (popularly known as 'BZS') is a public educational institution located in Barisal, Bangladesh. It's a boys school and the first high school in Barisal Division and second oldest school in Bangladesh.[2] The school has a long history. It was founded by an Englishman, N. W. Garret, on 23 December 1829 with only 8 students. Now it has more than two thousand students. The school offers grades from class III to class X. It has two shifts, morning and day. The morning shift starts at 7:00 am and the day shift starts at 12:00 pm.

Barisal Zilla School বরিশাল জিলা স্কুল
Location
Sadar Road Barisal 8200 Bangladesh
Coordinates	22.698°N 90.369°E / 22.698; 90.369
Information
Type	Public school
Motto	পড় তোমার প্রভুর নামে
Established	23 December 1829 (1829-12-23)
School board	Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Barisal
Headmaster	Bishwanath Saha[1]
Faculty	54
Grades	Class III-X
Gender	Boys only
Enrollment	2500+
Language	Bengali
Color(s)
Yearbook	Sobuj Pata
Special project	Connecting classrooms under British Council

Beside the school playground, Barisal Zilla School owns famous ground called Poreshsagor (পরেশ সাগর). The school celebrated its 175th anniversary on 9–10 December 2005.