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A community activist appealed for public help yesterday to raise $20,000 to help fund a drive to provide children in need with essentials for the start of the new school year.
Gina Spence said her production company will hold its annual Back to Schoo...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two students have been given a leg-up to continue their studies by the Chubb Charitable Foundation.
Kiara Virgil-Wainwright, a recent graduate of the Berkeley Institute and Bermuda College dual enrolment programme, was awarded the Bermuda College Edu...
DATE: Jul 19, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Family and friends celebrated yesterday as 20 students earned their GEDs at the Adult Education School.
This year’s graduating glass included 11 males and 9 females, with most of the students between the ages of 16 and 22.
Caleb Scott, who secured th...
DATE: Jun 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Union of Teachers has called for an emergency meeting of members to take place this morning.
But the Department of Education said the union had not requested for members to have time away from work for the meeting.
A spokeswoman for the d...
DATE: May 31, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Registration for children due to start preschool and Primary 1 for the next school year has been delayed because of low student enrolment.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said: “This delay comes as a result of the need for the Ministry of...
DATE: Mar 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A “damning” report into the condition of the island’s schools highlighted systematic problems that must be addressed, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
Cole Simons, Shadow Minister of Education, thanked the Government for its transparency in rel...
DATE: Mar 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Extra cash from cost savings in the Department of Education have gone to finance special programmes, the Minister of Education said.
Diallo Rabain told the House of Assembly that there was no increase in the department’s $114 million budget, but it ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Schoolchildren showcased their science skills at a science and technology Olympics at the weekend.
Charlene White, a teacher at Mount Saint Agnes Academy, which hosted the event, said the science, technology, engineering, art and maths event was a hu...
DATE: Mar 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A football club’s educational foundation is to mark its fifteenth year of helping young Bermudians.
The foundation, set up by Pembroke Hamilton Club in 2004, has supported more than 40 students who were involved in the PHC sports programme.
O’Shandah...
DATE: Feb 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Zär’a Cardell hopes to write himself a bright future after discovering a passion for computer coding.
The 22-year-old Warwick Academy graduate recently took part in an intensive course on the computer programming language of Python, with the support ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes