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Sick-outs by school staff were a last resort to draw attention to the state of the education system, according to a teacher and a deputy principal, who spoke to The Royal Gazette yesterday on condition of anonymity. The veteran teacher, said schools ...

A former acting education commissioner has returned to the post for a one-month stint. Llewellyn Simmons, director of academics at the Department of Education, took over at the start of this month because Kalmar Richards is on compassionate leave. T...

A sickout staged by teaching assistants across the island yesterday was “completely unacceptable”, said the Minister of Education. But the head of the teachers’ union laid the blame for the job action at the minister’s door. The teaching assistants...

Teachers have refused to enter pupils’ grades into an all-schools computer network, the education minister admitted yesterday. But the head of the teachers’ union called the minister’s comments “very misleading”. Diallo Rabain said teachers had been...

Teachers will be provided with instruction next month on a new pupil grading system, the Minister of Education announced today. Diallo Rabian said that a “full day of professional development” would be held in January to provide teachers and adminis...

Public and private secondary schools across the island have been awarded a total of $240,000 for charity work carried out by their pupils. PartnerRe, the Hamilton-based reinsurer, donated $30,000 to eight of the island’s schools through its Dollars f...

Teachers at West Pembroke Primary School have returned to the classroom after they staged a sickout last week. Mike Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said: “Representatives had a meeting and all the teachers are back at wo...

Students and parents at Saltus were given insights into how to deal with school pressures during a two-day visit by renowned child psychologist Dr. Michael G. Thompson. Last week, Dr Thompson addressed Saltus staff, followed by a talk to parents on ‘...

Almost all the teachers called in sick at West Pembroke Primary School yesterday. The staff took action over a range of complaints, including the lack of a teaching assistant for autistic pupils and a lower school support teacher. Most of the school’...

Head teachers have demanded details of plans to axe the island’s middle schools. Ed Ball, general secretary of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said yesterday that school principals wanted more information about the Government’s proposal to phase ...