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Bermuda Union of Teachers general secretary Mike Charles has scotched claims children are in danger because of underqualified Physical Education teachers.
Mr Charles said Opposition MP Louise Jackson had tarred the name of all PE teachers by suggesti...
DATE: Mar 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Sloop Foundation will receive a grant of $200,500 to continue providing voyages to middle school students, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith revealed this morning.
That figure, unchanged from 2011/12, represents nearly half the total sum...
DATE: Mar 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Bermuda Educators’ Council is undergoing a “restructuring”, with its offices expected to open in a new location next month.
Exemptions Committee head Helle Patterson said the BEC is to hire a new executive director, as the previous director’s con...
DATE: Feb 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The National Training Board has reviewed its student funding policies after sponsoring a group of Bermudians who suffered disciplinary and academic problems at a college in Barbados.
Four students were brought back to the Island by Government after a...
DATE: Feb 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
More than $55,000 in financial awards and scholarships was given out to Bermuda College students.
The funds were contributed by 26 sponsors drawn from across the community.
Thursday’s ceremony at the college saw 36 students awarded funds to begin or ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 90 percent graduation rate is evidence that Bermuda’s public education system is successful, according to ruling party MP Lovitta Foggo.
“I am proud to have taught in our system and can speak volumes on the successes that I have observed.
“I belie...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith has released a series of teacher and student numbers for the Island’s public schools.
Dame Jennifer gave the number of teachers employed during the 2011-12 school year as: 53 for preschools; 303 for primary scho...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Stringent requirements” govern the use of unlicensed teachers in Bermuda’s classrooms, according to educators who oversee the procedure.
Helle Patterson of Bermuda Educators Council spoke out after the Ministry of Education reported 22 exemptions ha...
DATE: Feb 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Education reform was already “dead on arrival” by the time a bipartisan parliamentary committee began reviewing progress, Opposition MP Grant Gibbons claimed yesterday.
The Shadow Education Minister told the House of Assembly that the joint select co...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Education Ministry has granted 22 exemptions to unlicensed teachers, allowing them to fill vacancies in the public school system.
Seventeen exemptions were announced in the House of Assembly last week by Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
Sh...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
