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A promise from the education minister that he will be the longest to serve in the post will mean nothing unless staff discontent is tackled, a union leader said yesterday. Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said: “...

Government scholarships and awards were handed out to 49 students. Education minister Diallo Rabain, who attended a ceremony to honour the students last Wednesday, said that the Government recognised “the importance of providing our people with oppor...

Two students have been given a leg-up to continue their studies by the Chubb Charitable Foundation. Kiara Virgil-Wainwright, a recent graduate of the Berkeley Institute and Bermuda College dual enrolment programme, was awarded the Bermuda College Edu...

A 16-year-old schoolboy is to take part in a summer internship at a prestigious Ivy League school. Kairo Morton will attend an invitation-only internship programme at Yale University this month. He will take part in an artificial intelligence PhD pr...

Teens whose childhoods were spent in foster care are now pursuing their dreams thanks to big-hearted donors. Tylasha DeSilva, 17, and 18-year-old Sierra Brangman, have been awarded $30,000 and $20,000 for their education by the Foster Parents’ Associ...

A new communications consultant for Bermuda’s public schools has still to be hired, the education minister said yesterday. Diallo Rabain said: “They have gone through the vetting process. It’s something that will be announced very shortly.” Mr Rabai...

Plans to have signature schools open in a little more than a year’s time are “very aggressive”, the education minister said yesterday. Diallo Rabain added that members of team that would lead the Government’s plan to axe middle schools and introduce ...

The Bermuda Farmers’ Market marked its summer break with a gift of two scholarships to a prospective lawyer and a would-be teacher. “High flyers” Mikayla Douglas, 19, was given $5,000 and Caleb Scott, 18, was awarded $2,500 at a ceremony at the final...

Nine students have been awarded a special scholarship to help fund their studies. The students all won scholarships set up in the name of Barbara Ball, a pioneer woman doctor and fighter for social justice. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said: “...

Pupils from CedarBridge Academy were honoured at the end of their high school careers at the school’s graduation ceremony yesterday. Kenneth Caesar, the school’s acting principal, said that he was delighted to take part in the ceremony “in the presen...