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Shadow Education Minister Tim Smith last night condemned Government for waiting a year before publishing figures showing the acute literacy problem that exists in Bermuda's public schools.
Mr. Smith said he "didn't buy'' Education Minister Milton Sco...
DATE: Oct 08, 1999
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of public school students taken over the last two years.
As we reported yesterday, the results are grim. When then-Education Minister Gerald Simons formed the Education Planning Team and began the restructuring of the schools in the late 1980s, he wa...
DATE: Oct 08, 1999
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A disturbing picture of the literacy problem increasing with age emerged yesterday with the release of literacy scores.
And the tell-tale results have forced Government to admit that the results are poor.
The scores show Bermudian students in the pub...
DATE: Oct 07, 1999
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Sandys Secondary Middle School is leading the way in tackling the literacy problem in Bermuda.
It is to become one of 19 international centres for the Study of Learning and Teaching Styles.
And plans are in the pipeline to link the Centre to the Berm...
DATE: Oct 07, 1999
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the Bermuda College.
The newly formed Education Centre is headed by Bermudian Gina Tucker who explained its necessity.
"The centre is a Government-funded neutral entity which will serve as a centralised resource centre for us to pool resources and sp...
DATE: Oct 07, 1999
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carried on throughout yesterday unhampered by the morning's torrential rainstorms.
And Governor Thorold Masefield announced that, so far, "everything has gone extremely well, except, of course, for the weather''.
Yesterday's schedule began at 9:30 a....
DATE: Oct 07, 1999
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On her first visit to Bermuda, Princess Anne arrived at the Civil Air Terminal yesterday afternoon to be greeted by a smattering of public officials and journalists.
In contrast to the visit of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip five years ago, Prince...
DATE: Oct 06, 1999
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classroom'' yesterday was a successful symbolic gesture to demonstrate the commitment of her Government to improving education standards.
Based on the number of ex-teachers who now fill the Government benches, education is at least one area where the...
DATE: Oct 06, 1999
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Government Ministers were ordered to spend time in school classrooms yesterday.
The directive came from Premier Jennifer Smith who felt it was a fitting way for the Government to show their support and appreciation on World Teachers' Day.
The time of...
DATE: Oct 06, 1999
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The former Minister of Health yesterday called on his successor to step in after a Bermudian was turned down for a top post at the hospital.
And Wayne Furbert said he was concerned that the Bermuda Hospitals Board's new chairman Raymonde Dill lacked ...
DATE: Oct 05, 1999
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