Contact Details:
Gambia Senior Secondary School
Website:
www.gsss.gm
GSSS
(Wallace Cole Road)
1 Box Bar Road
Banjul
The
Gambia
West Africa
Telephone number:
4227394 (Main
switchboard)
4229282 (Principal's office)
4226007 (Vice
Principal)
4224540 (Staff Room)
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Background History:
The Gambia
Senior Secondary School has its origins back in 1876 when the
institution was founded on Dobson Street,
Banjul, by the Wesleyan
Mission. This followed the visit over 25 years earlier of Mother
Anne-Marie Javouhey, first of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, who
visited Bathurst and planned a mission which came into being in 1849.
In 1898 the school was re-opened as as the Methodist Boys' High
School and in 1915 the Girls High School was opened in what is
currently Albion Lower Basic.
The girls' and boys' high schools were merged in 1959 to form the
Gambia High School (see satellite
map) and moved to the junction at the main entry point
into the Banjul capital and Box Bar Road.
In 1994 the name was
change yet again to the Gambia Senior Secondary School when the
Government's education policy was changed.
Curriculum:
The main curriculum is science based though other subject areas such
as the arts and business studies is also taught in classes.
Student Numbers:
Boys 880 and girls 849
Study Times:
The school is on 2
shifts: Morning and afternoon shift. There are 18 classes from Grade 10 to 12 in the morning and 12 classes in the afternoon.
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