Contact Address Details:
Gambia Senior Secondary School
Website: www.gsss.gm
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GSSS
(Wallace Cole Road)
1 Box Bar Road
Banjul
The
Gambia
West Africa
Telephone number:
+220 4227394 (Main
switchboard)
4229282 (Principal's office)
4226007 (Vice
Principal)
4224540 (Staff Room)
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Information:
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 and moved to the junction at the main
entry point into the Banjul capital and Box Bar Road.
In 1994 the name was
changed 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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