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The Ministry of Education has pushed back scholarship deadlines after the Bermuda Scholarship website encountered technical problems.
While the deadline was scheduled to be today, the Ministry announced that the deadline would be moved to Friday.
Dia...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public school students will not take part in the Cambridge checkpoint assessment this year, the Department of Education announced last night.
In addition, IGCSE exams will not be sat in-person at either the Berkeley Institute or CedarBridge Academy ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A string of Government schools are to move to remote learning and others will start the Easter holiday early as the island faced a new surge in Covid-19 cases, it was revealed yesterday.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said that Northlands ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Massive changes to the primary school system are needed to ensure pupils can reach their potential, the Commissioner of Education said last night.
Kalmar Richards added that the numbers did not add up on educational achievement.
Ms Richards said: “Wh...
DATE: Jan 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A series of virtual meetings to discuss proposals to slash the number of public primary schools is to start next week.
An education ministry spokeswoman said it was hoped a “broad cross section of Bermuda’s public” would join the meetings to discuss ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A proposal to create a career development programme at Bermuda College has been given the green light by the planning department.
The application proposed the construction of an additional floor on top of the Hallett Hall Testing Centre Annex.
The ex...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Schoolchildren returned to their classrooms today as in-class learning resumed at public schools across the island.
Public schools had transitioned to remote learning in early December after a surge in cases of Covid-19 across the island.
Diallo Ra...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The closure of almost half of Bermuda’s 18 primary schools was yesterday proposed as part of a plan to change the education system.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the Government wanted to slash the number of primary schools from 18 to te...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Union of Teachers praised the profession yesterday for its hard work in the face of Covid-19 in a video created to mark World Teachers Day.
The video, presented to Education International — a global organisation made up of teaching unions...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legal changes are needed to standardise the appointment of future education commissioners, the shadow education minister said yesterday.
Cole Simons added that the Court of Appeal ruling in the case of veteran teacher and education official Gina Tuck...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes