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School closures could be avoided if they were allowed to apply for charter school status and get the right to government grants, an education campaigner has said.
Becky Ausenda, the executive director of the Bermuda Education Network, an organisatio...
DATE: Dec 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Minister of Education has defended the move to consider closing high-performing primary schools saying that all of Bermuda’s schools should be performing well.
Diallo Rabain was speaking to The Royal Gazette about government’s plans to overhaul t...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The PTA president at Port Royal Primary School has expressed shock and disappointment at the news it may be closed.
Port Royal Primary is one of nine primary schools facing closure as part of government proposals to overhaul the public education syst...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Students and staff at Northlands Primary School have been working all month to spread Christmas cheer in the community.
The month began with the release of the song Christmas Time, by the Northlands School Choir, which has been playing frequently on...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Smith’s school got a learning boost with a gift of 30 laptops from the Green family, owners of the Hamilton Princess and Beach Club.
The computers, for writing, data analysis and art, were delivered to the Whitney Institute Middle School last week,...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Forced transfers of primary pupils to other schools as part of a major shake-up of the education system could cause huge trauma, the shadow education minister warned last night.
Ben Smith of the One Bermuda Alliance said: “We should be really worried...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Public schools will reopen at the start of the new term next year on a remote basis, it was revealed tonight.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the regime would run from January 5 to January 12.
Mr Rabain said: “Teachers will begin online l...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A total of nine primary schools face closure in one of the biggest shake-ups in the history of the public education system.
The shock news came in a consultation document from the education ministry outlined plans for the creation of just ten parish ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A charity for children with reading challenges has appointed a new executive director.
Kendra-Lee Pearman, an educational psychologist, has taken over from Glenn Faries, who held the post for five years.
Dr Pearman said the clinic’s mission had struc...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two of the island’s new signature schools are planned to open in September 2022, the education minister announced yesterday.
But Diallo Rabain said the move, which will launch the Progressive Labour Party’s phase-out of middle schools, would only hap...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell