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Headteachers have called for better control over when teachers are allowed to take additional personal leave after claiming that schools are being left short-staffed.
One principal, who did not wish to be named, said the Ministry of Education had com...
DATE: Jun 19, 2002
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Hundreds of schoolchildren will be saying goodbye to some of the Island's most loved educators later this month when a number of long-standing senior teachers leave the classroom for retirement.
Headteacher of Whitney Institute Middle School Gail Gra...
DATE: Jun 19, 2002
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Educators in Bermuda are celebrating after marking the fifth anniversary of the Reading Recovery programme for primary school students.
Since the international reading scheme was launched on the Island in 1997, 50 teachers in the public primary schoo...
DATE: Jun 18, 2002
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Students attending the two senior secondary schools have strong objections to the extra year of school, saying that for them it all boils down to the issue of space.
The Royal Gazette spoke with several students to get their reactions to the extra ye...
DATE: Jun 18, 2002
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Government is forging ahead with plans to make Bermudian qualifications internationally relevant, Education Minister Paula Cox revealed last night.
She said on an education debate broadcast on ZBM that it was top priority.
She said: "We are looking a...
DATE: Jun 18, 2002
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An adult education school has claimed the effects of September 11 could be behind a downturn in the number of corporate donations it receives every year.
Neletha Butterfield, who runs CARE Educational Centre, said last year the school received $27,00...
DATE: Jun 17, 2002
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Former school principal and Government backbencher Dale Butler has voiced concern over extra personal leave days given to teachers which he claims have led to staffing problems in some schools.
He said the benefit given to teachers allowing them to t...
DATE: Jun 17, 2002
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Since the CARE Learning Centre opened 19 years ago, hundreds of children and adults have passed through its doors looking to improve their academic and life skills. Instructor Neletha Butterfield talks about her greatest passion - education.
Tucked a...
DATE: Jun 17, 2002
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Violence and disruption in the classroom have been blamed for the number of teachers who are leaving the public education system and opting for the private sector.
In the House of Assembly on Friday, Shadow Education Minister Tim Smith said his conce...
DATE: Jun 17, 2002
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New rules to regulate life-saving defibrillators were passed yesterday in what Government hopes will lead to them being placed in strategic points across the Island.
Currently, only the hospitals, Police, ambulances and doctors have the machines, whi...
DATE: Jun 15, 2002
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