189 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Editorials"
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley’s decision last week to block the transfer of two school principals was a remarkable victory for parents.
Care has to be taken not to overstate its importance, but it seems likely that it means that the Ministry of Education...
DATE: Aug 09, 2012
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Any beliefs that Bermuda had somehow “solved” the Island’s shooting murder crisis must have been dispelled this weekend when the Island recorded its second shooting murder of the year.
To be sure, this is a far cry from the terrible period of 2009 a...
DATE: Jun 25, 2012
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The Bermuda Union of Teachers has thrown its support behind the transfers of some 40 teachers within the Island’s middle and primary schools, despite the trauma it may cause.
In fact, the move is a knock-on effect from the creation of permanent dep...
DATE: Jun 11, 2012
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The finding of a Coroner’s jury that prison inmate Kino Outerbridge died of a heroin overdose while at Westgate Correctional Facility shines a light on a reality that few want to admit, and even fewer wish to tackle.
The reality is that Bermuda’s pr...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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Yesterday, The Royal Gazette launched a campaign to raise $1m for the New Beginnings Education Trust so it can continue to run programmes for the benefit of the young people of Bermuda. The target is by far our most ambitious to date.
The campaign ha...
DATE: May 01, 2012
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The recent report on drug use among school students gave some reason for cheer, since the survey showed that its prevalence is lower than it was the last time a survey was done in 2007.
But the fact that more than half the students have drunk alcoho...
DATE: Apr 30, 2012
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In most people’s minds, Good Friday is associated with religion, kites, marbles and fishcakes, but for many it will also be tied to the brutal murder of Kimwandae Walker on Victor Scott Primary School’s field during a community day.
That unsolved mur...
DATE: Apr 11, 2012
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Salvation Army volunteer, honours student and Carifta Games hopeful, CedarBridge Academy student Akeila Richardson is clearly an outstanding young lady and wholly deserving of the Outstanding Teen Award.
Other young people also won awards for sports,...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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Debate about privatisation of Government services has been reignited as a result of the yawning Budget gap.
The notion of closing that gap by wiping out the losses many Government services incur, along with the injection of cash that would result fr...
DATE: Mar 01, 2012
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There’s a good deal of political point-scoring going on around Parliamentary salary cuts, and it is important to remember first principles in this.
First, it is welcome news that the Progressive Labour Party Government has finally embraced the idea ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2012
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