Gambia Senior Secondary School Explained
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, 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
- Fatim Badjie, Minister of Communications, Information and Information Technology and Minister of Health and Social Welfare, youngest person ever appointed to the Gambian Cabinet.[4]
- Fatou Lamin Faye, Minister of Education from 2004
- Yahya Jammeh, leader of the Gambia from 1994 to 2017.[5]
- Dawda Jawara, prime minister of Gambia from 1962 to 1970.[6]
- Bai Modi Joof, lawyer
- Fatou Sanyang Kinteh, Minister for Women's Affairs, Children and Social Welfare
- Louis Mahoney, 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 Jaw
- 1994–2005: Rev. W. E. E. Carr
- 2005–present: Lamin M. B. Jaiteh
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.accessgambia.com/information/gambia-high-school.html Gambia Senior Secondary School, Banjul.
- https://archive.today/20071105224058/http://www.gsss.gm/history.php History.
- Beale, Philip, "Stone circles in The Gambia, West Africa", Magdalene Matters, No. 38 (November 2013), pp. 10–11.
- Book: Hughes, Arnold . David Perfect. Historical Dictionary of The Gambia. 11 September 2008. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6260-9.
- Book: Luttich, Holger.. The Gambia and its president on the road to a prospering future. 2010. Winterbloom Publications. Bangalore. 978-81-910977-9-5. 42.
- Book: Saine, Abdoulaye.. Culture and customs of Gambia. 2012. Greenwood. Santa Barbara. 978-0-313-35910-1. 18.
