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The Minister of Education has defended the move to consider closing high-performing primary schools saying that all of Bermuda’s schools should be performing well.
Diallo Rabain was speaking to The Royal Gazette about government’s plans to overhaul t...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The PTA president at Port Royal Primary School has expressed shock and disappointment at the news it may be closed.
Port Royal Primary is one of nine primary schools facing closure as part of government proposals to overhaul the public education syst...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Students and staff at Northlands Primary School have been working all month to spread Christmas cheer in the community.
The month began with the release of the song Christmas Time, by the Northlands School Choir, which has been playing frequently on...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Smith’s school got a learning boost with a gift of 30 laptops from the Green family, owners of the Hamilton Princess and Beach Club.
The computers, for writing, data analysis and art, were delivered to the Whitney Institute Middle School last week,...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Forced transfers of primary pupils to other schools as part of a major shake-up of the education system could cause huge trauma, the shadow education minister warned last night.
Ben Smith of the One Bermuda Alliance said: “We should be really worried...
DATE: Dec 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermudians living in London and the south-east of England can still travel home over the holiday season, despite new lockdown laws in the UK.
A Government spokeswoman today appealed to Bermudians in the UK to stick to the UK restrictions.
But she add...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Public schools will reopen at the start of the new term next year on a remote basis, it was revealed tonight.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the regime would run from January 5 to January 12.
Mr Rabain said: “Teachers will begin online l...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A total of nine primary schools face closure in one of the biggest shake-ups in the history of the public education system.
The shock news came in a consultation document from the education ministry outlined plans for the creation of just ten parish ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The number of teachers in Bermuda’s public primary schools cannot be cut if school rolls remained the same, a senior teachers’ union official warned yesterday.
Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, was speaking after t...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A charity for children with reading challenges has appointed a new executive director.
Kendra-Lee Pearman, an educational psychologist, has taken over from Glenn Faries, who held the post for five years.
Dr Pearman said the clinic’s mission had struc...
DATE: Dec 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell