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School closures caused by the Covid-19 crisis have not led to substantial cost savings, the private education sector has said. Linda Parker, head of school at Bermuda High School, said that although BHS had been closed since March 18 “no significant...

Pupils will not be expected to learn from home tomorrow, the Commissioner of Education said. Kalmar Richards said that April 24 was normally set aside for pupils in the Bermuda Agricultural Show. She added in a letter to parents: “It is also recogn...

Advanced Placement exams will go ahead in an abridged, online form, despite the cancellation of other international exams. Jon Beard, the Deputy Head of School at Saltus, said today the AP exams organised by the US College Board and undertaken by stu...

The new head boy and head girl at a school have plans to keep up the community spirit while remote learning is in place. Noah da Silva and McKenzie-Kohl Tuckett, both 16, will help co-ordinate online social activities while shelter-in-place regulatio...

Public school pupils will restart remote learning on Monday, the Minister of Education said. Diallo Rabain explained that senior schools would continue to instruct pupils on “essential curriculum for each of the courses students are currently taking”...

The Premier has apologised to upset child daycare centre owners for an attack on them this week. David Burt said: “I’m a big enough man that I can apologise and I can say I’m sorry if I offended anyone due to the tone and nature of my comments. “I d...

A healthcare grant awards scheme has been set up in memory of a top eye surgeon who died last year, aged 64. The Bermuda International Institute of Ophthalmology created the scholarship in honour of the late Leonard Teye-Botchway. The BIIO fund was d...

A decision to end remote learning for public school pupils was made by the Government, not teachers, their union said yesterday. A spokesman for the Bermuda Union of Teachers said that “no individual teacher or school made the decision to suspend re...

Teachers have been told to work with only what they are given by the Government in an escalation of a dispute over salary deductions for industrial action. The Bermuda Union of Teachers made the call in a letter to members sent at the weekend. The l...

Childcare services for essential workers are to be expanded. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said the service, launched last Wednesday, was expected to grow to meet demand. Mr Rabain added: “There is only one site operational at this point ...