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
The school was founded in 1876 in Dobson Street,
, by Wesleyan missionaries. In 1898 it re-opened as the Methodist Boys' High School and in 1915 the associated Girls High School was opened.
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The girls' and boys' high schools were merged in 1959 to create the Gambia High School and the location moved to Box Bar Road.
[ ]Philip Beale
Phillip Beale is a British sailor, adventurer, expedition leader and entrepreneur. He led the Borobudur Ship, Borobudur Ship Expedition and the Phoenician Ship Expedition, 2008-10 Phoenician Expedition.
Beale has a BA Honours degree in Politics ...
was the principal from 1961 to 1966. While there he jointly organised an archaeological expedition with pupils from the school to examine the Senegambian stone circles.["Stone circles in The Gambia, West Africa".]
by Philip Beale, ''Magdalene Matters'', No. 38 (Nov. 2013), pp. 10-11. In 1994, the name changed again to the Gambia Senior Secondary School.[
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Notable alumni
*Fatim Badjie
Fatim Badjie (born November 13, 1983) is a Gambian entrepreneur.
Born in Banjul, Badjie is the daughter of Dembo M. Badjie, who served as Gambia's ambassador to Sierra Leone, India and China for a time; she is a member of the Jola tribe, and was ...
, Minister of Communications, Information and Information Technology and Minister of Health and Social Welfare, youngest person ever appointed to the Gambian Cabinet.Fatou Lamin Faye
Fatou Lamin Faye (born 10 February 1954) is a Gambian politician.
She was educated at Gambia High School, and has diplomas in Agricultural Home Economics from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, and in Social Development from the Coady Internation ...
, Minister of Education from 2004
* Yahya Jammeh
Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former military officer who was the leader of The Gambia from 1994 to 2017, firstly as chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) from 199 ...
, leader of the Gambia from 1994 to 2017.Bai Modi Joof
Alhaji Bai Modi Joof (or Bai Modi Joof, 15 December 1933 – 3 June 1993 Joof, Alhaji. A.E. Cham, "Gambia, ''Land of our heritage''" Editor:Baba Galleh Jallow, (1995), p. i) was a barrister at law from the Gambia, practicing from the mid-1970s ...
, lawyer
*Fatou Sanyang Kinteh
Fatou Sanyang Kinteh also known as Fatou Kinteh is a Gambian politician and women's rights activist. She currently serves as the Gambian minister for women's affairs, children, and social welfare. She also serves as the national coordinator of ...
, Minister for Women's Affairs, Children and Social Welfare
Principals
1876 to 1958
* 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
* 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
* 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 - date Lamin M.B. Jaiteh
References
External links
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High schools and secondary schools in the Gambia
1876 establishments in Africa
Banjul
Wesleyan schools
Schools founded by missionaries
Educational institutions established in 1876
1876 establishments in the British Empire
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