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Teachers have been told to work with only what they are given by the Government in an escalation of a dispute over salary deductions for industrial action. The Bermuda Union of Teachers made the call in a letter to members sent at the weekend. The l...

Childcare services for essential workers are to be expanded. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said the service, launched last Wednesday, was expected to grow to meet demand. Mr Rabain added: “There is only one site operational at this point ...

Public schools will be reopened only when health officials give the go-ahead, the education ministry has said. A government spokeswoman added that clearance would have to be given by the health ministry. The spokeswoman said: “Please be assured that...

The head of the island’s teachers union has slammed a decision to dock the wages of teachers who took industrial action in February. Nishanthi Bailey, the president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said that she had “no other option than to withdraw...

Part of a childcare programme for essential services workers will be up and running today, the Minister of Education pledged this week. Diallo Rabain said that the programme, designed for children aged 5 and 6, would be held at the Sammy Wilson Centr...

School staff were saluted for their hard work in the Covid-19 crisis by the education minister. Diallo Rabain said that a lot had been asked of public school principals, teachers and support workers in these “unprecedented times”. He told them in a ...

Almost three quarters of public primary schools ranked as poor or very poor in maths based on the average pupil score in a test sat last year, it has been revealed. Two schools, Heron Bay, in Southampton, and Paget Primary, had an average pupil scor...

The Government got its sums wrong when it provided figures on pupil test results in mathematics, science and English, an official has admitted. The Department of Education confirmed that the national average Cambridge Checkpoint assessment results f...

A plan to allow public school pupils to learn at home if schools are closed is being drawn up, the acting education commissioner said yesterday. Llewellyn Simmons added that the goal was to keep public schools open. Dr Simmons said that the Departme...

Three private sector schools are to keep pupils away and move to remote learning amid fears about Covid-19, it was revealed yesterday. Bermuda High School for Girls was closed yesterday after a pupil was screened for the disease. The secondary schoo...