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A string of questions have been asked by the shadow education minister about what plans are in place for the next academic year.
Ben Smith, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, called for information about Covid-19 rules as well as whether schools were pr...
DATE: Aug 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Phone lines and internet were still out of service at the Bermuda National Library today after an outage last week.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said: “Technicians are currently on site working to resolve the issue.
“The problem is an...
DATE: May 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Emergency repairs to a sewage line resulted in the closure of the Bermuda National Library today.
The building on Queen Street is to reopen tomorrow.
A Government spokeswoman said that apologised for any inconvenience.
DATE: May 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A multimillion-dollar fundraising drive has been launched to revive and renovate the National Museum of Bermuda.
It is hoped that The Future of History Campaign will attract at least $8.5 million to support education programmes, development projects ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Pupils can study a wider range of subjects with others from around the world after a school joined an international programme.
Saltus became the island’s first member of the Global Online Academy.
A spokeswoman explained that the network brought toge...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A private school insisted yesterday that pupils were not asked to write about the benefits of slavery.
But Saltus admitted that “the intention of the particular assignment could have been misunderstood”.
A statement from the school said: “The assignm...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The education minister has backed decisions made in his absence after schools returned on a staggered basis after teachers had to wait for coronavirus test results.
Diallo Rabain apologised to parents for the late notice that classrooms would not ope...
DATE: Jan 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Pupils at a private school will move to remote learning tomorrow after a “surge” in coronavirus cases.
A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Institute said that deep cleaning would be carried out before the school reopened in two weeks.
She added: “This clos...
DATE: Jan 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Children dressed up as their “dream” professions on a day to honour Martin Luther King Jr.
St David’s Primary School pupils were encouraged to reach for their goals in a special assembly on Friday.
Gladstone Thompson, the principal, said the dressing...
DATE: Jan 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Some pupils at Bermuda High School were learning online this week after pupils tested positive for the coronavirus.
Linda Parker, the head of school, said that staff had done everything it could to keep as many pupils in classrooms as possible.
But s...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter