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Government High School, Nassau

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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.
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state school that became known for educating a generation of middle-class brown and black Bahamians before and immediately after the country achieved
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Anatol Rodgers, third Bahamian head and first headmistress, 1971-1975
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Cecil Valentine Bethel, first Bahamian headmaster of GHS, from 1964
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Nassau, Bahamas
grammar school
selective
universal suffrage
comprehensive
Paul Adderley
Attorney-General
Sir Gerald Cash
Governor-General of the Bahamas
Dame Ivy Dumont
Sir Randol Fawkes
Sir Kendal Isaacs
Solicitor-General
Leader of the Opposition
Sir Lynden Pindling
Prime Minister
Dame Joan Sawyer
Sir Orville Turnquest



"Educational Reform in the Bahamas: Part 1"
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"Educational Reform in The Bahamas: Part II: Pre-Independence Perspectives (1958-1973)"
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