909 results returned for search: "education AND " author Owain Johnston-Barnes
Island nations must play a role on the world stage when it comes to the marine environment, according to environmental campaigner Anna Oposa.
Ms Oposa, co-founder of Save Philippine Seas, said that while island nations may not be able to make the sam...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Teachers have passed a motion of no confidence in the Education Minister, Commissioner of Education and the Permanent Secretary of Education
DATE: Feb 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charity dedicated to the protection of children appealed for better education on sex and consent to help prevent abuse.
Debi Ray-Rivers, the founder and executive director of Scars, said parents and caregivers had to push past their discomfort and ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda College will celebrate 24 new graduates at its second annual Winter Commencement tomorrow.
Duranda Greene, the college president, said half of the graduates had achieved GPAs above 3.0, which meant they would graduate with merit or distinctio...
DATE: Jan 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A maths tutoring centre has teamed up with an asset management firm to launch a scholarship drive to send 500 youngsters to summer maths camps.
Equilibria Capital Management has agreed to fund 50 scholarships and it is hoped that the scholarship driv...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A traditional charity walk has donated 240 laptops to primary school pupils.
The Bermuda End-to-End Charitable Trust announced this week it had handed over the Chromebooks and protective cases to the Ministry of Education.
Anne Mello, the chairwoman ...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government failed to listen to the profession before the “massively botched” reopening of the island’s public schools, the Bermuda Union of Teachers said yesterday.
Nishanthi Bailey, the BUT president, said teachers had been “bullied” by the educ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Several schools are set to reopen their classrooms to pupils today, but most of the island’s middle schools and senior schools will stay shut.
The Department of Education said Victor Scott Preschool would resume classes today, which left St David’s P...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More schools are set to reopen tomorrow after another day of Covid-19 tests – but the senior schools and several middle schools will stay closed.
Tinee Furbert, the acting education minister, said: “We continue to make notable progress with school op...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Education’s headquarters has been criticised for a delayed response to a request for information about a settlement with a former Commissioner of Education.
According to a decision by Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner,...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes