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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 (, (US) and ), officially the City of Banjul, is the capital city of The Gambia. It is the centre of the eponymous administrative division which is home to an estimated 400,000 residents, making it The Gambia's largest and most densely ...
, 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.
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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.
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was the principal from 1961 to 1966. While there, he jointly organised an archaeological expedition with pupils from the school to examine the
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In 1994, the name changed again to the Gambia Senior Secondary School.


Notable alumni

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Fatim Badjie Fatim Badjie (born November 13, 1983) is a Gambian entrepreneur, and strategic communications expert who served in various capacities in the country’s private sector. Early life and education Fatim Badjie was born around 1982 in Banjul, is ...
, 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 soldier, who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017. He was the Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) from 1994 ...
, 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, when he was overthrown by Yahya Jammeh. Jawa ...
, prime minister of Gambia from 1962 to 1970. * Bai Modi Joof, 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 *
Louis Mahoney Louis Felix Danner Mahoney (; 8 September 1938 – 28 June 2020) was a Gambian-born United Kingdom, British actor, based in Hampstead in London. He was an anti-racist activist and long-time campaigner for racial equality within the acting profes ...
, actor


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 Jow * 1994–2005: Rev. W. E. E. Carr * 2005–present: Lamin M. B. Jaiteh


References


External links

* 1876 establishments in Africa 1876 establishments in the British Empire Banjul Educational institutions established in 1876 High schools and secondary schools in the Gambia Schools founded by missionaries Wesleyan schools {{africa-school-stub