1146 results returned for search: "education AND " author Jonathan Bell
The Island’s public senior school students show a 95 percent graduation rate for the latest school year, according to Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
The minimum grade point average set by the Board of Education is a 2.0 — the equivalent of a...
DATE: Nov 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four teens were yesterday charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on a fellow student.
Tijuan Swan, 16, Keanu Wilson, 17, Tishon Gordon, 17 and Kenneth Wade, 17, denied taking part in the beating of Raymond Crofton Jr on November 6.
Magistrates...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Getting young Bermudians educated and working ahead of impending demographic shifts will prove critical in the future, the One Bermuda Alliance warned.
Pembroke Central candidate Andrew Simons said the OBA planned to keep “an eye on the road ahead” i...
DATE: Nov 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Constituency 27, Warwick North Central, is a populous residential district — and, comparatively young, in relation to the rest of the Island.
Containing 1,028 Bermudians according to the 2010 Census, the area running from Burnt House Hill to Longford...
DATE: Nov 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s justice system is due for change in its approach to cases of sexual abuse, according to children’s welfare campaigner Sheelagh Cooper.
In a bid to transform the way Bermuda treats its most dangerous criminal offenders, Ms Cooper has joined ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Brought together at Warwick Camp for the often arduous task of confronting inner obstacles, a team of 19 young adults has emerged from the latest Mirrors residential programme.
Eleven women and eight men last week completed the six-day residential, w...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Family Centre must raise $200,000 in the next two months if it is to meet an unprecedented demand for its services.
Social workers say demand has doubled in the past three years and the organisation is now struggling to assist more than 300 famil...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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
