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Industry members still have serious concerns about the quality of a training lab for electrical wiring students at Bermuda College, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Claims that the facility is not up to scratch surfaced last month, prompting an angry re...
DATE: Nov 07, 2007
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A pledge to allow students to study for free at Bermuda College was among the education promises included in yesterday's Throne Speech.
The Government said it would amend the Bermuda College Act 1974 to change the admissions procedures to allow all B...
DATE: Nov 03, 2007
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Young drummers led a procession through the streets of the west end yesterday as a school celebrated its 80th anniversary.
Sandys Secondary Middle School invited two surviving members of its first ever class — Hope Bascome and Miriam Wilson-Trott — t...
DATE: Oct 27, 2007
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Henry Johnson, the man brought in by Government to tackle its self-proclaimed education crisis, has a phrase he litters his conversation with: student learning outcomes.
What the term really means, of course, is results — and right now, as he readily...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007
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The Berkeley Institute's board of governors has rejected a plan for a fee-paying centre at the school offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) qualification.
Board chairman Calvin White issued a statement yesterday in which he said that the idea...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007
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Education Minister Randy Horton insisted yesterday that graduation rates were not being fudged or inflated before admitting that the 58 percent pass rate claimed for 2006 includes students who took an extra year to complete their Bermuda School Certi...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007
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The much-maligned Bermuda School Certificate could be scrapped and replaced with an internationally recognised qualification, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Henry Johnson, the Government's new $250,000-a-year education consultant, told this newspaper ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007
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A clearer picture of the number of students graduating from public schools is needed and will be provided in future years, according to the man tasked with improving Bermuda's education system.
Henry Johnson, the Government's new consultant executive...
DATE: Oct 24, 2007
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Students across the Island celebrated International Literacy Day yesterday — with one school getting an extra special visitor to mark the occasion.
Football hero Shaun Goater dropped in on an assembly at Clearwater Middle School in St. David's to tal...
DATE: Oct 11, 2007
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The electrical wiring industry could pull the plug on a course it sponsors at Bermuda College amid claims that the college has dragged its heels over completion of a vital training lab.
The National Training Board (NTB) — which co-sponsors the course...
DATE: Oct 11, 2007
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