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Government High School is a state secondary school in Nassau, Bahamas. At one time, it was a selective grammar school and one of the country's leading institutions.
Early years as a selective school
Government High School became the Bahamas' first state school when it opened on 27 April 1925, providing for the education of blacks and girls who had been excluded from the colony's private schools.
It was a selective state school that became known for educating a generation of middle-class brown and black Bahamians before and immediately after the country achieved universal suffrage in 1961.
Modern comprehensive school
The school now exists as one of many public comprehensive secondary schools on the island of New Providence.
Headmasters and headmistresses
- Albert Woods, from 1925
- Dr. A. Deans Peggs, 1942-1958
- Cecil Valentine Bethel, first Bahamian headmaster of GHS, from 1964
- Anatol Rodgers, third Bahamian head and first headmistress, 1971-1975
Notable alumni
- Paul Adderley, former Attorney-General of the Bahamas
- Sir Gerald Cash, former Governor-General of the Bahamas
- Dame Ivy Dumont, former Governor-General of the Bahamas
- Sir Randol Fawkes, trade unionist and Cabinet minister
- Sir Cyril Fountain, lawyer and judge
- Hubert Ingraham, former Prime Minister of the Bahamas
- Sir Kendal Isaacs, former Solicitor-General, Attorney General, and Leader of the Opposition
- Sir Lynden Pindling, first Prime Minister of an independent Bahamas
- Dame Joan Sawyer, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Bahamas
- Sir Orville Turnquest, former Governor-General of the Bahamas
- Sir Cecil Wallace Whitfield, Cabinet Minister and Leader of the Opposition
- Frank Watson, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas
References
- ^ Bethel, Keva M. (1996). "Educational Reform in the Bahamas: Part 1". International Journal of Bahamian Studies. 8: 30. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Bethel, Keva M. (1997). "Educational Reform in The Bahamas: Part II: Pre-Independence Perspectives (1958-1973)". International Journal of Bahamian Studies. 9: 40.
- ^ Lothian, Mike (23 August 1974). "Common Entrance [Exam] Ends in '75". Tribune newspaper. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- K Kemp, J Dawson, & T Thompson. "Government High School". Retrieved 12 October 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Fawkes, Sir Randol (2003). The Faith that Moved the Mountain (Memorial ed.). Nassau, Bahamas.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Appointed to the Order of the British Empire: Cecil Valentine Bethel for services to the Government High School, Bahamas". No. 44210. The London Gazette. 30 December 1966. p. 21. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- "Caribbean academic giant to deliver annual Anatol Rodgers Memorial Lecture". Dupuch Publications. Tribune newspaper. 6 November 2007.
- "Obituary of Sir Kendal Isaacs". London (UK). The Daily Telegraph. 5 June 1996. p. 29. ProQuest 317570338. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- "Obituaries: Lynden O. Pindling; Led the Bahamas to Independence". Los Angeles Times. 27 August 2000. Retrieved 30 April 2021.