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Harriet Margaret Ndow

Educator and school founder

1926–2019

Harriet Margaret Ndow was a Gambian teacher and school founder whose name became closely associated with private education. She began teaching as a qualified teacher in 1948 and later headed public schools. After retirement from public service, she developed the institutions that became Ndow’s Group of Schools, spanning nursery through secondary education.

THEIR MARK ON HISTORY

01Began teaching as a qualified teacher in 1948.

02Founded the schools that became Ndow's Group of Schools.

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