On 27 April, 1925, the Bahamas Colony formally opened its first fully government-sponsored secondary school, the Government High School at Nassau Court. Prior to 1925, only privately organized institutions offered access to secondary education. The school fee requirements essentially limited enrolment to students drawn from middle and upper socioeconomic classes. The Government High School took an important step towards meeting a pressing need for secondary education for both black and white students of both genders within the society.
In 1959 the school moved from its Nassau Court campus to a new campus on Thompson Boulevard and Poinciana Drive, currently the home of the University of the Bahamas. By 1961, the school had grown to cater to 329 students, a population trend which would continue throughout the 1960s.
The Education Act of 1962, Majority Rule, Independence, and more lenient admission policies, including the elimination of the school fee in 1967, would continue to promote an increase in enrolment.
Details
- Designer: Portrait by Anthony Buckley
- Printer: Bradbury Wilikinson
- Process: Litho & Recess (portrait & BAHAMAS)
- Paper: Normal & White (1970) papers
- Watermark: Multi Crown CA
- Perf: 13.5 (comb)
- Plates: 1 1 1
- Sheet: R10 x 10 (100)
- Quantity:
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John Kiraly was born in New York in 1943. Kiraly moved to Florida as a youth and later studied art at the University of Miami with John Clinkenburg and Eugene Massin. He left school early to pursue a passion for travel which led him around the world, eventually landing him in the Bahamas where he opened an art gallery. In 1973, he moved to Key West.
References
- Gallery on Greene
- Ramble Bahamas: Government High School – Keva Kemp, Jessica Dawson, & Tracey Thompson (2021)