It is the oldest high school in Upper Assam.

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.

Students at Government Boys' School appear for the High School Leaving Certificate (equivalent to the class 10 exam) under the Board of Secondary Education, Assam, and the Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (equivalent to class 12) under the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council.

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