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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...

A public-private partnership or a sell-off of old school buildings could be used to fund the Government’s plan to transform the public education system. A consultation on the future of primary schools, with a deadline of Friday, highlighted “bold ch...

It is a task said to be “monumental” by David Burt, the Premier, and Diallo Rabain, the education minister – the transformation of the public school system to give every Bermudian child a chance to excel. A consultation document released in ...

Pupils at a private school learnt crucial life skills as part of a virtual etiquette conference. A total of seven pupils and two teachers from Chatmore British International School, along with students from Switzerland, America and Gibraltar, partic...