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Bermuda College students staged a mass boycott of their campus cafeteria in a protest over prices yesterday.
According to Stephen Lightbourne, vice president of the student council, the action against the Buzz cafe will continue today.
Protest leader...
DATE: Oct 18, 2011
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Education
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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith yesterday addressed the Artful Thinking Conference, praising the participants for their participation.
The conference, organised by the Bermuda Education Network, a local non-profit group, featured special guest...
DATE: Oct 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Island’s senior school students have been challenged to express themselves on the theme of thankfulness with the chance at a $1,000 grant. Any secondary school student is eligible for the Tom Pettit Thanksgiving Essay Competition, now in its 14th...
DATE: Oct 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Teachers were congratulated, and the media castigated, at a ceremony honouring World Teacher’s Day.
Commending the Cambridge exam results announced this week for public schools students, Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) President Keisha Douglas told t...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A row has broken out over what constitutes a pass for the IGCSE exams taken by Bermuda secondary school students.
Educators evaluating IGCSE results for Bermuda’s public schools have said the more rigorous C grade is the internationally accepted mea...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teacher locked in a legal battle with Government over alleged bullying by a special school principal is to appeal an arbitrator’s decision in the case.
Claudia DeSilva has filed grievances against Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy head Dena Butterfie...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda High School for Girls and Warwick Academy have announced their 2011 International Baccalaureate Diploma results.
Full diploma pass rates of 76 and 72 percent respectively, were recorded at the schools.
Meanwhile, Saltus Grammar School announ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students in public secondary schools received a grade of C or above in slightly more than half of the Cambridge IGCSE exams they took this year, Government revealed yesterday.
This is the first year a substantial number of public school students hav...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The principal of Bermuda’s only special school must be given leadership training, according to an arbitrator who found she poorly managed a high-flying and dedicated teacher.
Dena Butterfield-Lister, head of Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy, was deeme...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
CedarBridge Academy is aiming to be a beacon of hope to the community after implementing a programme that promotes peace throughout the school.
The senior school, led by principal Kalmar Richards, announced a new partnership with a non-profit organi...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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