Mariano Marcos
State University

LHS Laoag City History

In January 1963, Republic Act No. 3705 converted the Ilocos Norte Normal school into the Northem Luzon Teachers College (NLTC). In 1977, it offered a four year education course. By the year 1974-1975, there was a need to provide a laboratory high school for the student teachers, hence the Bureau of Public schools approved the creation of the NLTC Laboratory High School. 

In 1976, NLTC was named Northern Luzon State University (NLSU), hence the high school was also name NLSC Laboratory School. 

When the college eventually became the College of Education of the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) under P.D. 1279 in 1978, the high school was named University High School Laoag. 

In 1986, Executive Order 86-02 was issued merging the University High School in Batac, Currimao, Dingras, Laoag and Paoay. 

This was later repealed by the General Appropriation Act of 1999 phasing down the number of enrolment. 

However, in 2007, the MMSU administration saw the need to increase the school's enrolment to 500, from first year to fourth year. 

Since then, every year level has three sections with at least 30 students. 

The High School continues to serve as a Laboratory for student teachers in the BSED program of the MMSU-College of Teachers Education. It remains to be center of excellence in the secondary education, both in academic and co-curricular activities in llocos Norte and Laoag City.

LHS City of Batac History

The University High School – Batac was formerly the Batac Rural High School which grew into the Ilocos Norte Institute of Technology then became the MMMCST and later merged with the Northern Luzon College to establish the Mariano Marcos State University by virtue of P. D. 1279. 

In 1975, in addition to the existing Laboratory High School, an Agricultural Science High School, was established by virtue of the Resolution No. 23, S. 1975 of the Board of Trustees of the then Mariano Marcos College of Science and Technology primarily to provide the best education in the sciences and to produce highly scientific and technological students as feeders to the college science oriented programs. Due to financial constraints, however, this Science High School was closed in 1982. 

Three years thereafter, the MMSU, under President Santiago R. Obien and the then PSHS Director, Dr. Cleofe M. Bacungan, realizing the significance of a Science Class in the MMSU University High School, joined hands in re – opening the Science High School in School Year 1985 – 1986. 

A Memorandum of Agreement was drawn and was duly signed on August 2, 1986. This Science Class is still existing up to the present.

Our Mission

The Laboratory High School upholds the College of Teacher Education’s mission to provide quality instruction in teacher education by serving as a laboratory for the training of quality secondary teacher professional. Hand in hand, it endeavors to become a leader in the secondary instruction in the region.