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The budget for the Ministry of Education has been reduced by $2.23 million for the financial year ahead. Projected spending on education for 2016 to 2017 is $124.9 million, less than the forecast for the previous year according to the 2016 budget del...

Emotions have been running high since the announcement of the potential closure of four public primary schools and members of the public are being urged to let their voices be heard. Parents, teachers and other stakeholders have been holding emergenc...

The size of classrooms and a lack of funding for public primary schools are among the Bermuda Government’s most serious concerns, according to the school reorganisation (Score) report. The report, commissioned by Wayne Scott, the Minister for Educat...

Education minister Wayne Scott has announce three public consultation meetings over the Bermuda Government’s school reorganisation (Score) plan. All stakeholders, including parents, educators and community members, are invited to attend to attend wit...

A reduction of staffing levels at schools and within the civil service cannot be ruled out as efficiencies are sought within the Department of Education. This is according to education Minister Wayne Scott who said he was confident any such reductio...

Exposed live electrical wires, rodents climbing into classrooms, discarded condoms, and play structures that are “an accident waiting to happen”. These are some of the damning health and safety failings across Bermuda’s public primary schools expose...

The community surrounding Heron Bay Primary School would be negatively affected if the school were to close as proposed in the Bermuda Government’s school reorganisation plan. This is the view of principal Lisa Swan, who said the school enjoys about ...

The Bermuda Union of Teachers has implored education minister Wayne Scott to address “blind spots” in the school reorganisation (Score) report which it says lacks detail on a plan of action. The union also criticised the minister for releasing the re...

Junior Minister for Education Leah Scott says the One Bermuda Alliance should consider a “staggered approach” to the granting of Bermudian and permanent resident status in the current climate. The proposal, announced this month, would allow residents...

Staff and PTA executives at Gilbert Institute are holding an emergency meeting to come up with an action plan they hope will save the school from closure. The Paget school is the island’s only one that provides services for the deaf and hard-of-hear...