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Bermuda College is looking to “internationalise” the campus with a cultural exchange programme.
Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons told the House of Assembly that cultural exchange programmes will be introduced and the College will also “inv...
DATE: Mar 13, 2013
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Education
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An expanded work experience programme and a hall of achievement highlighting alumni success stories are among the proposals for the coming year.
And Mr Francis yesterday vowed that 85 percent of the class of 2014 would graduate with honours as a resu...
DATE: Mar 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Education Minister Nalton Brangman has pledged to raise the bar on the quality of teaching in the Island’s schools.
And he vowed to boost qualification requirements “for all subject areas and specialisations” in a bid to improve standards of teacher ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island’s next Education Commissioner will be chosen from overseas as well as local candidates, in time for the coming school year.
The decision was made to ensure a credible pool of qualified applicants, Board of Education chairman Curtis Dickins...
DATE: Feb 20, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government has rejected a suggestion by the Opposition Progressive Labour Party that the middle school system should be dismantled as “radical” and disruptive.
Improving education depends on improving the quality of teaching and providing support to ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Work skills training, and grappling with the impact of the recession, were at the fore in the latest Bermuda College annual report.
College President Duranda Greene said the 2011/12 academic year saw a rise in partnerships with Government and busines...
DATE: Feb 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new group linking teachers with scientists has been formed by Bermuda Education Network in tandem with Somersfield Academy.
Teachers can register for the association, dubbed the STEM Network, via BEN’s Facebook page.
BEN and Somersfield organised l...
DATE: Feb 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Government must act quickly on its Throne Speech pledge to add technical skills to the school curriculum, the Bermuda Education Network believes.
The One Bermuda Alliance promised on Friday that it would “introduce an integrated technical curriculum ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Saltus Grammar School kicks of a year of celebration today to mark its 125th anniversary.
The school is named after merchant and ship owner Samuel Saltus who bequeathed most of his estate to establish a school for boys in Pembroke after his death in ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The Island’s teachers are being treated to a science forum courtesy of the Bermuda Education Network and their sponsors.
Workshops were held last night, with more today, at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
Open to all educators, the Big ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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