Dibrugarh Government Boys' Higher Secondary School was established in 1840 during the

British colonial The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts esta ...

era in Dibrugarh. It is the oldest high school in

Upper Assam Upper Assam is an administrative division of the state of Assam comprising the undivided Lakhimpur and Sivasagar (previously, Sibsagar) districts, of the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra valley. The other divisions are: Lower Assam, North Assam a ...

. It has been relocated several times due to the damages caused by the 1897 and 1950 earthquakes. Now the school is situated at Milan Nagar, Dibrugarh beside the district library and museum. There are 56 staff and around 1600 students. The medium of instruction is

Assamese Assamese may refer to: * Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India * People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam * Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...

. Students of the Govt. Students at Government Boys' School appear for the

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(equivalent to the class 10 exam) under the

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, and the Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (equivalent to class 12) under the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council.

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Boys' schools in India High schools and secondary schools in Assam Dibrugarh Educational institutions established in 1840 1840 establishments in British India {{Assam-school-stub