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,

Banjul Banjul (,"Banjul"
(US) and ), officially the City of Ba ...

, by Wesleyan missionaries. In 1898 it re-opened as the Methodist Boys' High School and in 1915 the associated Girls High School was opened.Gambia Senior Secondary School, Banjul.
accessgambia.com Retrieved 18 September 2017. 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 The Senegambian stone circles are groups of megalithic stone circles that lie in The Gambia north of Janjanbureh and in central Senegal. With an approximate area of 30,000 km²,Laport et al. 2012, p. 410 they are sometimes divided into the ...

."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.

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 Internationa ...

, 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. *

Dawda Jawara Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara (16 May 1924 – 27 August 2019) was a Gambian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first President of the Gambia from 1970 to 1994. Jawara was born in Barajally, MacCarthy Island ...

, prime minister of Gambia from 1962 to 1970. *

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 t ...

, 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

* 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 {{africa-school-stub