Zilla School, Sambalpur
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Chandra Sekhar Behera Zilla School, Sambalpur is a Government educational institution imparting education in High school level.[1] It extends teaching facilities in Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, etc. The main objective of this institution is to disseminate knowledge to the students in different fields. Simultaneously this institution also aims at the overall development of the students, physical, mental and moral. Games and Sports are also an integral part of this institution which inspires the students to be physically fit.There are also many societies and associations related to social service and cultural programmes. N.C.C., Rovers and Rangers. Red Cross etc. incite vaguer. Enthusiasm and feeling of national integration in the students.[2]
In the year 1852, an Anglo-Vernacular School was set up at Sambalpur. It was housed in a building ( with stone-and-mud walls and stone-and-lime floor) constructed near Raja-Palace ( Rajabakhri ) : That site now houses the Lady Lewis Girls' High School. Eventually, out of the Anglo-Vernacular School emerged the Zila School, Sambalpur in 1864. In the year 1952, the school was renamed as Chandra Sekhar Behera Zilla School, to commemorate the contributions of a renowned socio-cultural savant and freedom-fighter : Chandra Sekhar Behera (1873–1936). The School moved into its new building in 1954.