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Public school principals told yesterday of their dissatisfaction and disaffection with educational reform during a historic meeting of a new parliamentary committee.
The Joint Education Select Committee opened its doors to the public and press for th...
DATE: Oct 23, 2008
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Public school principals told the first open meeting of the Island’s Joint Select Committee on Education today that they felt excluded from the reform process and unconvinced by a “scattergun” approach to making changes.
Four representatives from the...
DATE: Oct 22, 2008
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An open meeting of a new parliamentary select committee on education will take place tomorrow — with the public and press able to attend for the first time.
The cross-party committee will meet in the Senate Chamber at Cabinet House at 1 p.m. Open com...
DATE: Oct 21, 2008
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A committee is still considering whether to replace or redesign the Bermuda School Certificate, the Ministry of Education said yesterday.
A spokesman told The Royal Gazette that a working group set up last year to look at the BSC — the qualification ...
DATE: Oct 17, 2008
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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons last night urged Government to urgently replace or redesign the "substandard" Bermuda School Certificate.
The Opposition MP spoke out a day after Labour and Immigration Minister David Burch told Rotarians he wa...
DATE: Oct 16, 2008
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Education Minister Randy Horton officially announced yesterday that US consultant Henry Johnson will act as the Island's new commissioner of education until his contract runs out next June.
Mr. Horton first revealed the news last month in response to...
DATE: Oct 07, 2008
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Teachers pledged last night to take no further action over the Ministry of Education's failure to give them a promised pay rise last month — after they were assured they would receive it by the end of October.
Hundreds of teachers attended a union me...
DATE: Oct 07, 2008
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New Deputy Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva never meant to stick with the Bermuda Police Service.
He started out as a cadet in 1985 before heading to Bermuda College with every intention of pursuing a career in law.
But things don't always work ou...
DATE: Oct 06, 2008
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When Michael Stowe walks out of the doors of the National Training Board for the last time tomorrow after eight years as executive officer, he'll take away the sense of a mission accomplished.
He talked to The Royal Gazette about his time in charge,...
DATE: Sep 29, 2008
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Enrolment at Bermuda College has risen dramatically this semester — and education chiefs said it was largely thanks to the free tuition now on offer.
The publicly-funded community college has seen a 25 per cent increase in overall enrolment this mont...
DATE: Sep 23, 2008
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