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An overseas company asked to redesign Bermuda’s public school system will be paid more than $2 million, it has been revealed. A notice published in the Official Gazette on Monday said that Innovation Unit Australia New Zealand would get $2.1 million ...

A cut in the number of public primary schools from three to two in Pembroke would still mean enough space for all the parish’s pupils, a virtual meeting on changes to the education system heard last night. Kalmar Richards, the education commissioner,...

Six pupils at an international school have been appointed acting prefects. Azari Kelly, Matthew Mitchell, Zyrah Trott, Matthew Forrester, Keziah Smith and Jordan Smith all study at the Chatmore British International school in Smith’s. The six, aged b...

A focus on teachers should be at the forefront in a shake-up of public schools, the Shadow Minister of Education has said. Ben Smith, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, claimed that “for far too long” the people on the front line of education had been d...

A Warwick woman who admitted unlawfully assaulting two schoolchildren was handed a conditional discharge in Magistrates’ Court. Michelle Burrows Robinson, 48, of Somers Lane in Warwick, pleaded guilty last week to two counts of unlawful assault datin...

Bullying will not be “allowed or tolerated” in Bermuda public education, Diallo Rabain has said. The education minister highlighted alleged harassment of students on the basis of religion. Mr Rabain was responding to a February 1 statement by the act...

A group of teenagers made up parcels of gifts so that seniors would be treated for Valentine’s Day. The “love boxes” were put together by members of the Teen Advisory Board at the Bermuda National Library’s Youth Services branch. Marla Smith, a yout...

A history teacher and author of a groundbreaking book that helped lift the lid on slavery in Bermuda has died. James E Smith was 82. The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs said Mr Smith wrote “extensively about slavery and the fight for Bla...

Parents and teachers have been invited to join an international online talk about child sex abuse tonight. The Zoom discussion is also open to other members of the public, including police and anyone who works with children. Shervonne Hollis, one of ...

The Bermuda Bar Council has been slammed for its handling of a complaint against a lawyer accused of improper questioning of a witness. A Disciplinary Tribunal decision written by Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons, which dismissed the case, said the ...