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Teacher training must be addressed by Government if any of its initiatives to raise standards and improve results are to be successful, it has been claimed.
When The Royal Gazette carried out a study to see what improvements had been made to the educ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2001
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maintain the high standards set by his retiring predecessor.
Warrant Officer One (WO1) Sherwyn Richardson has taken over the post of Regimental Sergeant-Major (RSM) from retiring WO1 Warren Furbert, who has returned to civilian life to continue his e...
DATE: Feb 02, 2001
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educators and Government's opposition.
The study, which will see principals, the Education Ministry, college representatives and parents looking at systems in use overseas, was long overdue, they said.
The Royal Gazette revealed on Tuesday that Educa...
DATE: Feb 01, 2001
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Educators are hoping Government will set aside a quarter of a million dollars in the coming budget to enable a teacher licensing scheme to finally be set up.
Michael Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT), said experts woul...
DATE: Jan 31, 2001
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Three teenaged schoolchildren were arrested yesterday following a Police drugs bust on a suspected cannabis-bagging factory.
All three teens -- thought to be Berkeley Institute students -- were eventually released after being questioned for four hour...
DATE: Jan 31, 2001
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Studies are underway to examine the achievement levels and exam structure of students overseas in comparison to those of pupils in Bermuda, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The study was announced last night after Government was criticised by the Nation...
DATE: Jan 30, 2001
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Sacked Cabinet Minister Arthur Hodgson has told how one of his saddest moments in Government was signing over the new site for Berkeley Institute.
The former Environment Minister said he sometimes found the contradictions of Government frustrating, e...
DATE: Jan 29, 2001
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Low teacher morale is to be thrashed out by a new joint task force set up between Government, principals and school staff.
Involuntary transfer, non-renewal of contracts and rising standards are high on the agenda of the committee.
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DATE: Jan 29, 2001
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Fed-up Portuguese families are leaving the Island in the face of abuse directed towards them during recent meetings on Long Term Residents, claims community spokesman Robert Pires.
But he urged them to stand firm and said a fundraising campaign by th...
DATE: Jan 29, 2001
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Arthur Hodgson has politics running through his blood.
He lives it, breathes it, and, as The Royal Gazette discovered, could talk about it until the proverbial cows come home.
His interest formed when he was a young student at Michigan State Universi...
DATE: Jan 29, 2001
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