Govt. Laboratory High School, Rajshahi

Govt. Laboratory High School, Rajshahi গভঃ ল্যাবরেটরী হাই স্কুল, রাজশাহী
Campus of Govt. Laboratory High School, Rajshahi
Location
Ward 8, Laxmipur, Rajpara Rajshahi , 6000 Bangladesh
Coordinates	24°22′18″N 88°34′49″E / 24.3717°N 88.5804°E / 24.3717; 88.5804
Information
Type	Public Secondary School
Motto	Enter to Learn Leave to Serve
Established	1969 (1969)
School district	Rajshahi District
School number	EIIN: 127024
School code	1009
Headmistress	Dr. Shahnaz Begum
Teaching staff	27
Classes	3rd – 10th Grade
Gender	Boys
Number of students	Almost 900
Language	Bangla
Classrooms	46
Campus size	5.99 acres
Campus type	Urban
Colour(s)	White   Khaki
Nickname	RGLHS
Yearbook	Barshiki
Affiliations	Rajshahi Education Board
Alumni name	ORLABS
Activities Started	24 January 1969
Website	rglhs.edu.bd
Last updated: 4 August 2025

Govt. Laboratory High School, Rajshahi (Bengali: গভঃ ল্যাবরেটরী হাই স্কুল, রাজশাহী) is a public secondary school located in Rajshahi, Bangladesh.^[1] It was established in 1969. The school is situated in the Laxmipur area of the Rajshahi metropolis. The school is known as one of the best schools in the city.^[2][3]

In the early 1960s, the then government of East Pakistan decided to establish 10 boys' and 5 girls' schools (government) on priority basis in the divisional and populous cities of East Pakistan. The decision to establish two boys' and one girls' schools in Rajshahi was finalized. Among the two boys' schools, while Seroil Government High School and Rajshahi Government Girls' High School (Helenabad) as a girls' school were established in 1967 and began educational activities, the other boys' school could not be established on time due to land-related complications. At that time, Rajshahi Collegiate School was under the supervision of Rajshahi Teachers Training College for the practical teaching of B.Ed trainees, but the importance and necessity of establishing a school nearby was strongly felt. The other boys' school was selected as the laboratory (examination) of Teachers Training College and started its educational activities in 1969 at its present location in Laxmipur by naming it Govt. Laboratory High School Rajshahi. Under the direct supervision of the Teachers Training College and the efforts of capable and renowned headmasters, the school quickly became known as one of the best schools in the country. Not only good results, the institution also achieved success in co-curricular activities such as sports, literary and cultural activities, debates, drawing, etc.^[4]

The school celebrated its 50th founding anniversary (Golden Jubilee) in 2019 (1969–2019). A two-day program was organized on the occasion. The program was held on 20 December at the school premises in Laxmipur and the closing day of the program was on 21 December.^[5]

The campus consists of an H-shaped three-storey academic building, a playground, flower gardens, a three-storey residential hostel, gymnasium, auditorium, and the headmistress's residence. A new three-storey building has been constructed, and a six-storey academic building is under construction.

• Academic buildings: 2 (46 classrooms)
• Hostel: 1 (15 rooms, capacity: 75 students)
• Other buildings: Headmistress’s residence, guards’s quarter, guardian shed
• Students: Approximately 900
• Classes: 3 to 10 (two sections per class: A & B)
• Streams (Grade 9): Science and Business Studies

The school provides a library, indoor games room (common room), separate laboratories for physics, chemistry, biology, agricultural studies, computer science, and higher mathematics, an auditorium, scout den, bicycle garage, flower garden, playground, prayer room, and tiffin room. The ICT Learning Center, established under the SESIP program, plays a key role in interactive digital learning.

• Publications: Annual yearbook (Barshiki), wall magazines, memory albums, and irregular periodicals.

• Teaching Staff: 27 (1 headmistress, 1 assistant head teacher, 25 assistant teachers)
• Support Staff: 2 (1 senior clerk, 1 junior clerk/computer operator)
• General Staff: 5 (1 gatekeeper, 1 office assistant, 1 gardener, 1 night guard, 1 sweeper)

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  Academic Building - 2
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  Garden
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  Shaheed Minar of The School
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  Morning Assembly
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  The School's Auditorium
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  Teachers in the Auditorium
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  Annual Sports Competition's Opening Ceremony

• Golam Shabbir Sattar, 24th Vice Chancellor of University of Rajshahi
• Towkir Islam Sagar

The alumni association is known as "ORLABS" (Old Rajshahi Laboratorians' Society).^[6] It frequently organizes academic and cultural programs at the school.

The school monogram is a symbolic design. It has been designed by the famous painter Hashem Khan.

The main design features four angular structures. The left corner is education, the right corner is culture and the bottom corner is patriotism or service to the country, which holds education and culture as a firm commitment to move upward, i.e. towards progress and light. The open book standing in the center of the quadrangular room is a symbol of knowledge. It is through the practice of knowledge that the human society moves forward towards progress by embracing education, culture and patriotism.

The flower bud just above the book in the design symbolizes teenage children. They will be enlightened by the light of education from the bud and blossom into beautiful and full flowers. That is, he will be established as a complete and ideal person in the society. Govt Laboratory High School, Rajshahi, written in a semi-circle, is arranged with all the designs in such a way that the institution stands on a solid foundation.The color of the symbol – the square house and the bud is crimson which is the color of the national flag, a symbol of youth. The yellow color of the book is the light of knowledge, the color of brightness. The outer and middle lines of the book are blue – the kindness of the sky.^[7]

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