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The East End public have been urged to attend public meetings to discuss proposed changes to the primary school system.
The Government said it wanted to canvas views in St George’s tomorrow and Thursday on controversial plans to reduce the number of ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Students planning to enter higher education are being urged to apply for a slew of Government scholarships.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said yesterday that a marketing campaign promoting the awards will soon be launched.
A total of nine sc...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Controversial proposals to shut down almost half the island’s primary schools will not go ahead until a public consultation process is complete, Government has said.
But Diallo Rabain, the education minister, warned that opponents of the revamp will ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Schoolchildren will be able to sit most of their exams this summer – even though tests have been cancelled in the UK because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Public and private school students on the island sit exams set by UK examination boards.
GCSEs f...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Public schools will open for in-class learning from Wednesday, it has been announced.
The Royal Gazette understands that parents of public school pupils were notified of the decision last night in an e-mail from Kalmar Richards, the Commissioner ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government schools will be holding virtual open houses for pupils planning to enrol in September.
According to the Ministry of Education, open houses will take place on the Zoom video-conferencing app and will be recorded and uploaded onto the Bermud...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two Paget Primary School pupils were the lucky recipients of gifts provided by the Bermuda Police Service recently.
Maciah Tucker, six, and Timaii Davis, nine, met Community Policing Division officers at the school as part of the service’s “Give a C...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Private schools have vowed to remain open for as long as possible, despite the recent surge in Covid-19 cases on the island.
All public schools were shut down by Government yesterday.
But, following consultation between private school head teachers, ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The number of students attending Bermuda College through a new scholarship programme has almost doubled this year.
Senator Owen Darrell told colleagues in the Upper House yesterday that 47 students enrolled at the facility at the start of the academi...
DATE: Dec 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Under-fire Saltus Grammar School head Claire Charlemagne is urging disgruntled parents to contact the school with their concerns.
And the recently-installed head has also been given the backing of her Parent Teacher’s Association and Board of Trustee...
DATE: Aug 22, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan