• Source: Government High School, Nassau

      • 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

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