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Members of the public can gain an understanding of how “21st century learning” is being designed for public school students at a series of pop-up events starting today.
The Ministry of Education has scheduled three events - today, Wednesday and Frida...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Middle school pupils have been given a crash course on what to expect in the next step of their education.
Dave Horan, the Head of Warwick Academy, spoke with pupils with the Bermuda Centre for Creative Learning over Zoom last Wednesday about what th...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Tributes have been paid by the island’s teaching union to Dr Joseph Christopher, a former Commissioner of Education, who died earlier this week.
In a statement, the Bermuda Union of Teachers described Dr Christopher as a “man of immense intellectual ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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An exhibition designed to highlight the horrors of the Holocaust is to open tomorrow.
The event was timed for the run-up to Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Shoah: Understanding the Holocaust Through Art & Artifacts, organised by the Jewish Community o...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Timeline: 25 years of reforming public education
1996: Education Act passes and middle schools are introduced by the United Bermuda Party government.
December 1998: The Progressive Labour Party wins power.
May 2007: The Hopkins R...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The vast majority of the $9 million budget reduction for the Ministry of Education was achieved through the defunding of posts and government austerity measures, the House of Assembly was told yesterday.
The overall budget for the Ministry of Educati...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Yesterday, The Royal Gazette
profiled the history of four primary schools slated for closure under Government’s education reform proposals. Today, we feature the other five which could shut. Sarah Lagan reports.
Elliot Primary School – 1846...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Plans to erect an $18 million solar farm in St George’s have been submitted to the Department of Planning.
The application from IMG Holdings, received this week, proposed a 20-acre solar facility with about 20,000 solar cells installed on land to the...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two art exhibitions at the Bermuda National Gallery will open up to the public tomorrow.
Members of the public will be able to see Gherdai Hassell’s
I Am Because You Are and the collaborative exhibition Illusion and Abstraction: Capturing the Land...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Students considering attending higher education in the US will be able to take a virtual tour of a prestigious college later this month
Troy University in Alabama will host the virtual information session for Bermudians through the US Consulate G...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan