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Wayne Scott, Minister of Education, will be available to answer questions surrounding Bermuda’s education system in a live online forum this evening.
The discussion will cover wideranging topics concerning education including the School Reorganisatio...
DATE: May 03, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Seeing the indomitable spirit of her grandmother when faced with breast cancer has served as a valuable source of inspiration for one of CedarBridge Academy’s most exceptional students, Marissa Trott.
A brief glance at Marissa’s resume will reveal ...
DATE: May 02, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Government has confirmed that it used Roundup — a systemic pesticide being reviewed for potentially carcinogenic effects — at Warwick Long Bay Playground.
After the concerns of a parent, publicised in this newspaper on Wednesday, the Go...
DATE: Apr 29, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
Health and safety inadequacies are not limited to the island’s public primary schools and exist at all levels in the public school system, according to the Bermuda Union of Teachers.
Mike Charles, the union’s secretary-general, spoke after Tuesday ni...
DATE: Apr 28, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
You will never be out of work as a mechanic and there is more to hairdressing than cutting hair.
These were among the pearls of wisdom shared with CedarBridge Academy’s senior students yesterday, as the annual vocational career fair pointed to bright...
DATE: Apr 23, 2016
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The principal at Francis Patton Primary School has warned against ranking schools based on the Cambridge Primary Checkpoint exam results.
Garita Coddington, whose school was rated “OK” with an average of just over 2.6 out of 6 between 2012 and 2015, ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
Two primary schools in the East End have recorded the island’s best average grades throughout the past four years, according to results from the Cambridge International Examinations.
St George’s Preparatory was the only school to average in the “very...
DATE: Apr 20, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
The Inter-Agency Committee for Children and Families is hosting its Annual General Membership meeting next week.
Minister of Community, Culture, and Sport Patricia Gordon Pamplin is expected to make a representation along with two of Bermuda’s young...
DATE: Apr 09, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
The group advocating against same-sex unions, Preserve Marriage Bermuda, has been granted charitable status by the Registrar General having passed “the public benefit test”.
The confirmation letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs, seen by this ne...
DATE: Apr 09, 2016
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Shadow Education minister Lovitta Foggo has said the Devonshire community should be “extremely concerned” about an inspection at Elliot Primary School that identified that the fire alarm system is inoperable.
Furthermore, Ms Foggo said there had been...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan