Armitage Senior Secondary School is a high school located in Janjanbureh, in

the Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

. Armitage a boarding school, is one of the oldest schools in the Gambia. It was established in 1927 by Governor

Cecil Hamilton Armitage Sir Cecil Hamilton Armitage (8 October 1869 – 10 March 1933) was a British colonial officer who served as Governor of the Gambia from 1920 to 1927. He established the Armitage School and the Gambia Department of Agriculture. Military ca ...

in Georgetown. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, the school became a secondary

boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of " room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exte ...

Notable alumni

* Sheriff Dibba, a People's Progressive Party politician of the 1960s and 1970s * Sheriff Sisay, a People's Progressive Party politician of the 1960s and 1970s * Isatou Njie Saidy, Vice President of the Gambia, and Secretary of State (Minister) for Women's Affairs, from 20 March 1997 to 18 January 2017.

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1920s establishments in the Gambia 1927 establishments in Africa Boarding schools in the Gambia Educational institutions established in 1927 High schools and secondary schools in the Gambia Janjanbureh 1927 establishments in the British Empire {{Gambia-struct-stub

Notable alumni

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