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The Bermuda Union of Teachers is due to hold a general members’ meeting to discuss whether teachers will work to rule at the start of the school term over unresolved matters.
The union voted to work to rule in June, claiming the Public Service Negoti...
DATE: Aug 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A total of 14 students have won scholarships from the Department of Workforce Development.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education and Workforce Development, presented the awards at a recent ceremony.
Mr Rabain told the winners: “Our ministry unders...
DATE: Aug 23, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Education minister Diallo Rabain has confirmed that the Ministry of Education authorised a public volunteer effort to ensure Bermuda’s public schools are ready for the new term in September.
The first of the “work rallies” took place at Warwick Pres...
DATE: Aug 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A summer student at the Mid- Atlantic Wellness Institute has created sensory tools for people with learning difficulties using colourful feathers salvaged from this year’s carnival outfits.
Tatiana King has been interning at the institute for six we...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Privilege, poverty, crime and leadership were among the topics discussed by summer students as part of the inaugural Future Leaders Programme.
Students from grade 8 to 12 were given the opportunity to take part in the three-week programme, which invi...
DATE: Jul 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
School infrastructures have crumbled, ministers have repeatedly been chopped and changed, and students’ ever-evolving technological needs, according to many, have been neglected.
The past decade has not been particularly kind to Bermuda’s public edu...
DATE: Jul 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The future of middle schools — introduced two decades ago under the United Bermuda Party — is a topic that continues to divide opinion.
The Progressive Labour Party has pledged to phase them out, saying it would introduce signature schools at the sec...
DATE: Jul 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Bermuda High School student has become one of the 0.3 per cent of students worldwide to earn top marks in their International Baccalaureate Diploma.
Brianna Mendes scored 45 points out of 45 as BHS announced record results for its 2017 IB candidate...
DATE: Jul 11, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Students at East End Primary School have graduated from the school’s first Braille Club and the student who initiated the programme hopes it will spread to other schools.
Big-hearted P6 prefect Ronique Trott came up with the idea to launch the club w...
DATE: Jul 03, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Michael Dunkley has turned down a request to meet with the Bermuda Union of Teachers to address a breakdown in negotiations over conditions.
The BUT requested a meeting with the Premier after voting in favour of a motion to work to rule last week, c...
DATE: Jun 29, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan