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The general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers has stepped down after 22 years in the job at the request of the union.
Mike Charles confirmed that he was asked to quit and that he left the job in early June.
But he refused to discuss the rea...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
When Dakhari Wade began working as a landscape gardener he discovered parts of the island he never knew existed.
The young horticulturalist, a recent recipient of a scholarship from the Garden Club of Bermuda, said he has had the privilege of visiti...
DATE: Aug 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two Bermudian girls were awarded scholarships from an American-based sorority for Black women.
De’Asia Symonds and Talliyah Butterfield will attend Bermuda College with the help of funds given by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s Sigma Xi Omega Chapte...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Impact Mentoring Academy is accepting applications for the upcoming academic year.
The academy offers an alternative to mainstream education with a mission to challenge young men to discover and develop their potential.
It aims to empower its st...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Business advice firm KPMG is working on a professional development plan for staff at The Berkeley Institute ahead of the school becoming one of the island’s first two signature schools.
Working with The Berkeley Institute’s Signature School Transiti...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Cambridge curriculum should be scrapped under government’s education reform plans, the former principal of St George’s Preparatory School has said.
Mary Lodge said that the relatively low Cambridge Primary Checkpoint results in English, Maths and...
DATE: Aug 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Plans to close West End Primary School in Sandys came under heavy fire last night at a heated town hall meeting in Somerset Cricket Club.
The gathering also delivered an uncommon rebuke to the Progressive Labour Party government, from the party’s own...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A maths whiz reached a new personal best and climbed global records after memorising 20,000 digits of Pi.
Troy Ashby, a maths lecturer at Bermuda College, memorised and wrote the digits non-stop for 24 hours, breaking his previous record of 12,000 di...
DATE: Jul 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Parents need more information quickly from government so they can make informed and timely decisions following the formal announcement that eight primary schools will be closed, a Parent Teacher Association president said yesterday.
Juanae Crockwell,...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Historical Legacy Committee is to be formed to share the history of schools that provided Black children with educational opportunities during racial segregation.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, made the announcement in the House of Asse...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan