A 15-year-old boy is shadowing the Government's IT department for two hours a day rather than go to school, three months after he was told he could not return to CedarBridge.

And his mother, who asked for both of their identities not to be revealed fearing for the safety of her son, said this "solution" for him was just ridiculous.

The mother came to this paper three months ago, because she says her son has born the brunt of bullying starting from Sandys Middle School until he received an eight inch gash that required nine stitches this year.

Then in June her son was attacked by an older boy as he was leaving the school.

When his mom sought help, a senior Education Officer text-messaged her on April 27 to offer her son three days of Career Exploration at Southside and two days at the Student Resource Centre at CedarBridge.

This option was rejected and after the 15-year-old was turned-away from the Senior School in September this year the Acting Permanent Secretary Radell Tankard e-mailed her saying he would be offered a landscaping position with Youth and Sport with tutoring on the side. She again rejected this offer and is taking legal advice through the help of Myron Piper of the Bermuda Educational Parents Association (BEPA).

However, while that proceeds her son is not in school and is falling further behind as he spends about two hours a day in the IT Department of Government.

She said: "They don't want him at CedarBridge but they have not come up with a proper position. He is now shadowing someone in the computer area of the IT Department with Government for two hours a day.

"I am working so I cannot keep my eye on him 24 hours a day. I cannot say he has to stay in the house for something that's not his fault. They have forgotten us. He can't catch up almost a whole year has gone.

"This is a teenager we are talking about so he doesn't see the long-term. It is just ridiculous and I am tired. The fight is out of me but I cannot let it go because this is my child."

The Ministry of Education did not respond at the time of going to the press last night, however, in September when the mother first approached this paper, Mr. Tankard said he regretted the rejection and that the Ministry would continue working to suggest other alternatives.

He added that the Ministry would continue to reach out to her to find a solution for her son.

She, however, claims she has not been able to get any specifics from the Ministry of Education and was told by one official that because of the change in Ministers she would have to wait for it to be reviewed again.

And what the mother cannot understand is why her son was being bullied and he is struggling to get back into school.

She added: "I reached out to (an official) and asked if they had forgotten us. She said: 'You know we have a new Minister.'

"It's like we are punished all way around for this craziness. A lot of parents are not speaking out because their kids are kicked out, but they could put their kids in home school or private schools.

"I have no other choice. This boy needs an education. Do I have to go to the Bank of Butterfield or Bank of Bermuda and ask for a loan?

"I need to do that for college, but not for high school. They need to provide some sort of schooling. If it was me on my own they would have put my in court by now."