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Gambia Senior Secondary School

Coordinates: 13°27′37″N 16°34′59″W / 13.46036°N 16.58314°W / 13.46036; -16.58314
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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

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The school was founded in 1876 in Dobson Street, Banjul, by Wesleyan missionaries. In 1898 it re-opened as the Methodist Boys' High School and in 1915 the associated Girls High School was opened.[1]

The girls' and boys' high schools were merged in 1959 to create the Gambia High School and the location moved to Box Bar Road.[1] Philip Beale was the principal from 1961 to 1966.[2] While there, he jointly organised an archaeological expedition with pupils from the school to examine the Senegambian stone circles.[3] In 1994, the name changed again to the Gambia Senior Secondary School.[1]

Notable alumni

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Principals

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1876 to 1958

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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–present: Lamin M. B. Jaiteh

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gambia Senior Secondary School, Banjul. accessgambia.com Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  2. ^ History. Gambia Senior Secondary School, 2007. Archived at archive.is Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. ^ Beale, Philip, "Stone circles in The Gambia, West Africa" Archived 2017-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, Magdalene Matters, No. 38 (November 2013), pp. 10–11.
  4. ^ Hughes, Arnold; David Perfect (11 September 2008). Historical Dictionary of The Gambia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6260-9.
  5. ^ Luttich, Holger. (2010). The Gambia and its president on the road to a prospering future. Bangalore: Winterbloom Publications. p. 42. ISBN 978-81-910977-9-5.
  6. ^ Saine, Abdoulaye. (2012). Culture and customs of Gambia. Santa Barbara: Greenwood. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-313-35910-1.
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