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The frosty relationship between teachers and Ministry of Education officials finally seemed to be warming up a little on Thursday as both sides joined together to mark an international event.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) organised a celebratio...
DATE: Oct 07, 2006
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New Education Minister Neletha Butterfield has hit back at criticism of public schools from Governor Sir John Vereker ? but promised a major overhaul of the way students are assessed in the future.
Sir John last week highlighted the low numbers of pu...
DATE: Oct 05, 2006
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Governor Sir John Vereker has called on Government to invest "more effectively" in public education ? in a speech which also appeared to criticise controversial Cabinet plans to build a new hospital in the Botanical Gardens.
The Queen's representativ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2006
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Governor Sir John Vereker raised concerns about the low number of students graduating in his speech ? but official results for the Island?s two senior schools this year have still not been made public.
A Government spokesman told that the results wer...
DATE: Sep 29, 2006
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A former chairman of the National Training Board (NTB) has given his support to the quango?s executive officer, who has been temporarily removed from his post while a financial investigation is carried out.
Nalton Brangman, who served as chairman bet...
DATE: Sep 28, 2006
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The chairman of the National Training Board (NTB) told last night of his surprise that the quango?s top civil servant had been temporarily removed from his post ? and praised the work that he had been doing.
Executive officer Michael Stowe found out ...
DATE: Sep 26, 2006
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Bermuda College?s president has scotched claims that a financial investigation into alleged perks received by him could produce embarrassing findings.
Dr. Charles Green ? speaking days after College chairman Nalton Brangman, who was conducting the in...
DATE: Sep 25, 2006
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Former Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons claimed last night that Government had rewarded ?competence and integrity with dismissal? by sacking Bermuda College Board chairman Nalton Brangman.
Mr. Brangman received a letter from new Education Minister Nel...
DATE: Sep 25, 2006
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The executive officer of the National Training Board (NTB) has been placed on ?administrative leave? while an internal investigation into alleged financial irregularities at the quango is carried out.
Michael Stowe, who has held the post for six year...
DATE: Sep 25, 2006
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Thousands of children are to be quizzed on their sex lives, diet, stress levels, alcohol consumption and fitness as part of a Government teen health survey.
The study will ask about 5,000 youngsters aged between 11 and 18 a series of questions about ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2006
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