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outstanding results in this year's graduation year.
At the International GCSE level, the pass rate was 98 percent with 80 percent of all grades being achieved between A to C.
Twelve subjects are offered to pupils at this level, with the testing of pu...
DATE: Sep 21, 2000
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Sir John Swan has resumed his call for a public boarding school to save Island children who are at risk of failing to succeed in life.
The former Premier reiterated his position on the subject following a speech by his close friend General Colin Powe...
DATE: Sep 21, 2000
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counterparts in the UK.
The principals at both Bermuda High School for Girls and Saltus Grammar School - the two schools on the Island that operate a GCSE curriculum -- reported their exam results were up on last year.
At Saltus, 72 percent of the gr...
DATE: Sep 15, 2000
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Education Minister Milton Scott last night said it was wrong to compare the graduation figures of private and public education after principals reported an impressive year for independent schools.
Almost all of the 16- and 17-year-olds in a position ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2000
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Lessons came to a temporary halt at Spice Valley Middle School yesterday after rain flooded the ground floor.
Children had to remain in assembly for part of the first day of school while staff battled with the water.
School Principal Patricia Holder ...
DATE: Sep 12, 2000
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only too well that chairman Justice Stanley Moore is a vocal man with an obvious love for the law.
Every word from his mouth is deliberately chosen and every sentence carefully constructed in a way that must be taught in law school as only barristers...
DATE: Sep 11, 2000
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Parents should take more responsibility for fighting crime in schools, Opposition whip Cole Simons said yesterday.
Mr. Simons said the United Bermuda Party applauded the "zero tolerance'' approach to school disruption adopted by CedarBridge Academy p...
DATE: Sep 11, 2000
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whether she was on official business, and if so what it was.
The mystery arose when the Premier's launch of a year-long literacy initiative was made via video tape instead of in person.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox stood in when Ms Smith left the isla...
DATE: Sep 09, 2000
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students thinking about continuing the violence of the summer when they return to school will be dealt with severely.
Older members of the so-called gangs said last week that they feared fighting could erupt again when the younger members return to s...
DATE: Sep 09, 2000
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international Literacy Day.
A national survey to find the scale of the problem is planned for 2002 to assess literacy levels and a pilot project is set for next year.
The probe is a part of an 20-nation international survey organised by Organisation ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2000
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