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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith has revealed the true extent of teaching cuts, saying 97 staff have been axed from Bermuda’s public schools.
Dame Jennifer told the House of Assembly yesterday that the controversial job losses include 30 parapr...
DATE: Jun 12, 2011
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Education
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The future of our Island is at stake as budget cuts are wrongly targeting the educational needs of our children.
This is the view of Government critics who are calling on the Ministry of Education to rethink the job losses of scores of teachers. They...
DATE: Jun 08, 2011
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Education
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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith stressed the importance of focusing on children’s development as she recognised the Week of the Young Child yesterday.
In a ceremony on the steps of the City Hall, Dame Jennifer introduced the theme for the wee...
DATE: Jun 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A legal battle has been launched between a teacher and the Ministry of Education.
Special needs teacher Claudia DeSilva accuses the Ministry of “unfair, unlawful and completely biased actions” after she was suspended for “harmonious reasons” pending...
DATE: Jun 07, 2011
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Education
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Scores of teachers have had their jobs axed as the Ministry of Education continues to try to slash millions of dollars from its budget.
Emotional scenes took place at primary, middle and senior schools across the Island as principals told their staf...
DATE: Jun 07, 2011
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Education
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Mount St Agnes Academy (MSA) is now in the final stages of adopting a new curriculum, according to school principal Susan Moench.
She told Hamilton Rotary Club that the widely-accepted Alberta curriculum suited a school where the majority of students...
DATE: Jun 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A fifth of Bermuda’s paraprofessionals and educational therapists have had their jobs axed, it was announced yesterday.
Minister of Education Dame Jennifer Smith said 30 out of a total 150 staff will be affected.
Paraprofessionals and educational the...
DATE: Jun 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Students at Warwick Academy have learned about the Freedom Riders who took a heroic stand against segregation and racist hatred.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, more than 100 students, parents and staff came together to lea...
DATE: May 31, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Two ex-students were among the politicians who gave heartfelt tributes to former Warwick Academy headteacher Joseph (Zacky) Marshall.
Dr Marshall died aged 83 after serving as Warwick Academy headteacher from 1972 until his retirement in 1987.
Politi...
DATE: May 31, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Teachers could get official letters of termination by tomorrow as the Ministry of Education deals with a ten percent budget cut.
Bermuda Union of Teachers general secretary Mike Charles last night said a collective agreement is in place saying any te...
DATE: May 31, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
