The Gibraltar Public School, also known as Committee of the Public School was a government-owned school located on
Flat Bastion Road in
Gibraltar
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. The school was established in 1832 and closed in 1897.
History
Gibraltar became a
Crown colony in 1830 and although the
official language
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was
English the children were mostly taught in
Spanish
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. In 1832 the then
Governor of Gibraltar
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George Don
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arranged for a new school to open in Flat Bastion Road.
This school opened the same year as Methodist Dr.
William Harris Rule
William Harris Rule (born 15 November 1802 – 1890) was a British Methodist missionary and writer. Rule and his wife started schools building to 400 pupils in Gibraltar. He tried to establish missions in Spain.
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Rule was born in Penryn in ...
established another new school in Gibraltar. The diversity in the supply and quality of education arose from the political debates over the use of English and the choice of religion and denomination. 181 boys and 99 girls attended in 1833. In 1835 there were six private schools in Gibraltar.
The school closed in 1897.
See also
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Education in Gibraltar
References
Schools in Gibraltar
1832 establishments in Europe
1897 disestablishments in the British Empire
19th century in Gibraltar
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