Gambia Senior Secondary School
The Gambia Senior Secondary School (formerly the Gambia High School) is a school in Box Bar Road, Banjul, Gambia, founded by Wesleyan missionaries. It has educated two leaders of Gambia.
History[edit]
The school was founded in 1876 in Dobson Street, Banjul, by Wesleyan missionaries. In 1898 it re-opened as the Methodist Boys' High School and in 1915 the associated Girls High School was opened.[1]
The girls' and boys' high schools were merged in 1959 to create the Gambia High School and the location moved to Box Bar Road.[1] Philip Beale was the principal from 1961 to 1966.[2] While there, he jointly organised an archaeological expedition with pupils from the school to examine the Senegambian stone circles.[3] In 1994, the name changed again to the Gambia Senior Secondary School.[1]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Fatim Badjie, Minister of Communications, Information and Information Technology and Minister of Health and Social Welfare, youngest person ever appointed to the Gambian Cabinet.[4]
- Fatou Lamin Faye, Minister of Education from 2004
- Yahya Jammeh, leader of the Gambia from 1994 to 2017.[5]
- Dawda Jawara, prime minister of Gambia from 1962 to 1970.[6]
- Bai Modi Joof, lawyer
- Fatou Sanyang Kinteh, Minister for Women's Affairs, Children and Social Welfare
- Louis Mahoney, actor
Principals[edit]
1876 to 1958[edit]
- 1876–1878: Rev. J. Fieldhouse
- 1878–1879: Rev. J. Heslam
- 1879–1884: C. R. Cross
- 1885–1889: J. Gilbert
- 1889–2900: G. P. Wilhelm
- 1901–1904: Circuits Ministers
- 1904–1907: W. T. Cole
- 1907–1909: Rev. C. Leopold
- 1909–1911: A. N. Walker
- 1912–1913: F. Dean
- 1913–1920: Rev. L. L. Leopold
- 1921–1922: W. E. Hoare
- 1922–1928: Rev. F. F. Morton
- 1929–1931: H. E .E. Burne
- 1932–1952: J. J. Baker
- 1953–1958: R. P. Pye
Girls High School[edit]
- 1915–1917: Mrs. P. S. Toye
- 1922–1927: Miss L. E. Morton
- 1928–1929: Miss C. E. Mason
- 1929–1936: Miss. R. M. Little
- 1937–1938: Miss. A. I. Spencer
- 1939–1956: Miss. N. Spencer
- 1957–1958: Miss. V. Vodlcy
Gambia High School[edit]
- 1959–1961; J. S. Sergeants
- 1961–1966: P. E. Beale
- 1966–1974: E. F. Foss
- 1974–1976: J. J. Ndow
- 1976–1978: H. I. Jagne
- 1978–1980: R. D. Somers
- 1980–1986: H. I. Jagne
- 1986–1989: Mrs. D. E. S. Carrol
- 1989–1994: Mrs. Satang Jaw
- 1994–2005: Rev. W. E. E. Carr
- 2005–present: Lamin M. B. Jaiteh
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Gambia Senior Secondary School, Banjul. accessgambia.com Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ History. Gambia Senior Secondary School, 2007. Archived at archive.is Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ Beale, Philip, "Stone circles in The Gambia, West Africa", Magdalene Matters, No. 38 (November 2013), pp. 10–11.
- ^ Hughes, Arnold; David Perfect (11 September 2008). Historical Dictionary of The Gambia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6260-9.
- ^ Luttich, Holger. (2010). The Gambia and its president on the road to a prospering future. Bangalore: Winterbloom Publications. p. 42. ISBN 978-81-910977-9-5.
- ^ Saine, Abdoulaye. (2012). Culture and customs of Gambia. Santa Barbara: Greenwood. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-313-35910-1.
External links[edit]
- "Gambia High 2011". YouTube. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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