Armitage High School
High school in The Gambia
13°32′33″N 14°46′04″W / 13.542407°N 14.767725°W / 13.542407; -14.767725Armitage Senior Secondary School is a high school located in Janjanbureh, in the Gambia. Armitage a boarding school, is one of the oldest schools in the Gambia. It was established in 1927 by Governor Cecil Hamilton Armitage in Georgetown. After World War II, the school became a secondary boarding school.[1]
Notable alumni
- Sheriff Dibba, a People's Progressive Party politician of the 1960s and 1970s[2]
- Sheriff Sisay, a People's Progressive Party politician of the 1960s and 1970s[2]
- Isatou Njie Saidy, Vice President of the Gambia, and Secretary of State (Minister) for Women's Affairs, from 20 March 1997 to 18 January 2017.[3][circular reference]
See also
The Gambia portal
Schools portal
- Education in the Gambia
- List of boarding schools
- List of schools in the Gambia
- List of alumni of Armitage High School
References
- ^ Ceesay, Hassoum (10 January 2017). "History corner: Armitage High School, Georgetown, clocks 90 years: A BRIEF HISTORY (1983-1988 batch)". The Point for Freedom and Democracy. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ a b Hughes, Arnold; Perfect, David, eds. (2008). "Armitage School". Historical Dictionary of The Gambia. African Historical Dictionaries. Vol. 109. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 8–9.
- ^ "Isatou Njie-Saidy". Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- v
- t
- e
 | This article about a building or structure in The Gambia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
