Government Laboratory High School, Dhaka

Government Laboratory High School stands at 1 Naem Road in the New Market area of Dhaka. It was founded on 3 September 1961 as a practice school for trainees of the neighbouring Government Teachers’ Training College, which explains the word “Laboratory” in its name.

The school was inaugurated in 1961 by Muhammad Shamsul Haque, then Director of the Department of Public Instruction, and its first headmaster, Khan Muhammad Salek, served for twelve years. It is a boys’ school in the heart of old Dhaka’s education belt, close to New Market and Dhanmondi.

Because the school is a government school, new students come in through the national admission process rather than a private test. As a government school, Government Laboratory High School, Dhaka takes new students under the national admission policy, which uses a digital lottery for Class 1 and a written test for Classes 2 to 9. Watch the yearly circular and the vacancy notice to see which classes have open seats. Contact details are not published in our source list, so use the school notice board or the district education office for the latest information.

In short: it was founded in 1961; it is located in New Market, Dhaka, Dhaka division; it is a boys’ school. Use the nearby-school links below to compare other schools in the same area.