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Parents and guardians of P6 public school students have launched a petition to postpone the Cambridge Checkpoint exams because of disruption caused by the pandemic. The exams are due to take place this month. The www.change.org petition launched on ...

School students could be learning remotely until May, the Education Minister said yesterday. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the closing of public and private schools to in-house learning from Monday was done on the advice of the Educati...

Routine saliva testing for the coronavirus is to be expanded in the island’s public school system, according to Diallo Rabain, the education minister. Mr Rabain said last night that a pilot school testing programme had found “two positive cases which...

The mother of a teenager who died last year after a motorcycle accident is hoping to raise money to start a scholarship in honour of her son. Antoinette Burgess said that fundraising had started for the Kijani Burgess Dream Award and that she hoped t...

Somersfield Academy has announced the appointment of Peter Howe as their next Head of School. Mr Howe, an educator native to Canada, will take the reins at the start of the 2021/22 school year after the retirement of Carlos Symonds, the incumbent sch...

The Ministry of Education is seeking public feedback on the development of signature schools. The ministry is to invite members of the community to have their say on what signatures or specialities are needed in Bermuda’s schools. Diallo Rabain, the ...

Sweeping changes to the education system have moved a step closer after legislation was passed in the Senate. The Education Amendment Act 2021 will abolish middle schools and replace them with new “signature schools”. The new-style schools will h...

A private school will hold its first inter-house cricket match to raise money for pupils who struggle to afford school fees. Saltus Grammar School started a week of cricket-themed fundraising events on Monday that will culminate in its first ever Sal...

A string of Government schools are to move to remote learning and others will start the Easter holiday early as the island faced a new surge in Covid-19 cases, it was revealed yesterday. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said that Northlands ...

The first step in the biggest change in decades in Bermuda’s public education system has been approved by MPs. Senior level “signature schools” required to offer one or more “signature learning programmes” will be introduced under the changes. Diallo...