Government Laboratory High School

The Government Laboratory High School is a school located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The school was established on 3 September 1961.HistoryThe principal of the adjacent Teacher's Training College, Muhammad Osman Gani, sought to establish a facility to assist his trainees practice teaching. From this idea, Government Laboratory High School was created. The school was inaugurated in 1961 by the then Director of the Department of Public Instruction (D.P.I), Muhammad Shamsul Haque. The first headmaster was Khan Muhammad Salek, who went on to serve for 12 years. Below is a list of the first teachers at the school, upon its opening. Khan Muhammad Salek (Headmaster) A. B. Mofizuddin Ahmed (Assistant Headmaster) Sirazul Haq Khan Muhammad Zafar Ali Abdur Rashid Muhammad Zahirul Huq Muhammad Nurul Islam A. B. M. Nurul Islam Muksedur Rahman Hawladar Muhammad Sharifuddin Khabir Uddin Ahmed Muhammad Waliullah Muhammad Sadat Ali Sri Suranjan DuttaAdmissionThe Directorate General of Secondary and Higher Education, Dhaka, divides the city's government schools into three groups: A, B, and C. Government Laboratory High School is in group A. Candidates may apply to multiple schools, but to no more than one in each group. Admission to class 1 is by lottery. Admission tests for classes 2 through 8 are administered in mid-December. Admission to class 9 depends on Junior School Certificate (JSC) or Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) results.Class and section systemDuring initial planning it was envisaged that study would start from class 3. However, due to eagerness from both Muhammad Osman Gani and Khan Muhammad Salek, classes 1 and 2 were included. Class 8 was the highest offered during the first academic year. Class 9 was added the following year, and class 10 the year after that, so the school's first Secondary School Certificate examinations took place in 1964.