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A new, 17-member Board of Education has been announced by Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
On the agenda for the board’s first meeting yesterday was a discussion of the latest test scores, new chairman Curtis Dickinson said.
Flanked by Mr Dick...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Alternative schools are in for greater Government supervision, but the Opposition is asking why steps weren't taken years earlier.
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons said there were 25 tutorial sites three years ago, none of which held an operat...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government’s pledge to keep closer watch on alternative education is welcome news for Bermuda Union of Teachers leader Mike Charles.
“There are quite a few students being home-schooled — you’d be surprised,” he told The Royal Gazette.
But the veteran...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It was all smiles in a crowded Cabinet Office room as Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith thanked organisations that have signed on for a work experience programme.
The Career Pathways programme has taken flight, with 223 public senior school stud...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new Bermuda Educators’ Council has been elected following a hiatus of several months.
A chairman has yet to be appointed by the 11-member group, created in 2002 to oversee standards at the Island’s public and private schools
The previous council’s ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudians risk losing access to the top jobs if they continue to lag in higher education, Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons warned.
The One Bermuda Alliance MP also reaffirmed his party’s promise to bring in a technical curriculum at the middl...
DATE: Oct 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian teacher has questioned why she can’t get a job at a public school when Government is struggling to fill vacancies with educators from abroad.
Shar-Dae Whitter said she was a substitute teacher at CedarBridge Academy last year and Whitney ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government’s “excuse” that visa problems are behind the shortfall of public school teachers has been challenged by the Opposition — and by CedarBridge parents.
Asked why positions remain unfilled, a Ministry of Education spokeswoman last night reiter...
DATE: Oct 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former Premier David Saul has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Loughborough University.
The institution, known as the MIT of the UK, recognised him for his achievements in “international business, education and politics”.
Dr Saul graduated from ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One of the Island’s private schools is turning a fresh page under a new head teacher as it embarks on “strategic decision making” and re-accreditation.
Somersfield Academy head Peter Harding said the International Baccalaureate programme in place at ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
