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Members of the public can gain an understanding of how “21st century learning” is being designed for public school students at a series of pop-up events starting today. The Ministry of Education has scheduled three events - today, Wednesday and Frida...

The vast majority of the $9 million budget reduction for the Ministry of Education was achieved through the defunding of posts and government austerity measures, the House of Assembly was told yesterday. The overall budget for the Ministry of Educati...

Yesterday, The Royal Gazette profiled the history of four primary schools slated for closure under Government’s education reform proposals. Today, we feature the other five which could shut. Sarah Lagan reports. Elliot Primary School – 1846...

The Minister of Education today pledged to provide professional development for educators which he described as critical to the success of education reform. Government is considering closing nine primary schools as part of wide-ranging reforms which ...

The teachers’ union is prepared to fight redundancies proposed as part of a major shake-up of the schools system, the organisation’s general secretary has said. Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers said: “We have not b...

A proposal to close nine primary schools has attracted a mixed reaction from members of the community. Sarah Lagan spoke to Parent Teacher Association members, parents, teachers and former students about the closure of their schools. Here’s what...

The state of Bermuda’s education system and efforts at reform have been highly contentious issues for decades. And the latest attempt at reform, which includes the closure of nine primary schools and abolition of the middle schools system, is no exc...

The government’s school shake-up plan is almost certain to fail because of “considerable shortcomings”, a joint report from East End Parent Teacher Associations has warned. The Support the St George’s Parish Community Response report was written ...

Money will be found to carry out Government’s plan to transform the education system no matter the cost, the Minister of Education has pledged. Diallo Rabain declined to put a figure on the estimated cost of the proposals. He said: “Cost is not somet...

As part of The Royal Gazette’s Schools Report series, Sarah Lagan last week interviewed Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, on key aspects of the government’s school reform plans. These are excerpts from the full interview. Can you give th...