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A scholarship in memory of a dedicated sponsor of Bermudian education has helped open doors for four promising students.
William “Liam” Peniston III, Nathan Titterton, Ryan Topple and Kayah Wilks are the winners of the 2020-21 Nicholl Scholarships, a...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Laptops will be bought for 1,600 primary-school pupils after a donation from a German foundation.
The Hasso Plattner Foundation made the contribution after it emerged some children did not have access to devices for remote learning during the Covid-1...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Earlier this week the Ministry of Labour advised the public that due to a ban on business travel for Canadian public servants, the Canadian Consulate is unable to facilitate the Biometric Identification Process for Canadian Visa Applicants in Bermuda...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
A schoolboy is to get a second chance of an exhibition to showcase his artistic talent after an earlier event was shelved because of Covid-19.
Freda Trimm, a teacher at Paget Primary School, had hoped to hold an exhibition in April, Autism Awareness...
DATE: Aug 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Worried teachers said yesterday they feared problems with the school bus service when the new term started because of Covid-19 safety rules.
It is expected that students will be required to stick to social-distancing rules on reduced capacity buses w...
DATE: Aug 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The biometric identification required for Canadian visa applicants in Bermuda is not available locally because of a travel ban on Canadian public servants caused by the pandemic.
The service, which is mandatory for foreign students, had formerly been...
DATE: Aug 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Legal changes are needed to standardise the appointment of future education commissioners, the shadow education minister said yesterday.
Cole Simons added that the Court of Appeal ruling in the case of veteran teacher and education official Gina Tuck...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Commissioner of Education has sent a letter to teachers and parents of public-school children with an update on pandemic return-to-school rules.
Kalmar Richards confirmed that “extremely vulnerable students and staff” would work on a remote basi...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The former head of a parent teacher association has collected more than 6,500 signatures in support of the reinstatement of a black history course in schools.
Ruth Moran said she fought to keep Melodye Micëre Van Putten’s “Ashay: Rites of Passage” pr...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
The Department of Education is to launch a series of webinars and podcasts about public school education.
The inaugural webinar takes place as a pilot on Friday afternoon, July 24th 2020, and will delve into a thread of the Social Studies curriculu...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release