Armitage High School

Armitage School
Classroom at Armitage High School
Location
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Gambia
Coordinates13°32′33″N 14°46′04″W / 13.542407°N 14.767725°W / 13.542407; -14.767725
Information
TypeHigh school
MottoEnter to learn go forward to serve
Established1927; 97 years ago (1927)
FounderGovernor Cecil Hamilton Armitage

Armitage 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]

  1. ^ 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.