Government High School, Nassau
# Government High School, Nassau

25°02′54″N 77°21′43″W﻿ / ﻿25.0483°N 77.3619°W﻿ / 25.0483; -77.3619

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 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
