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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
Schoolchildren made up packages of food and gifts to help others in the run-up to Christmas.
Saltus Grammar School pupils created the gift packages, which were donated to charities.
A spokeswoman explained: “Each student contributed one non-perishabl...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two of the island’s new signature schools are planned to open in September 2022, the education minister announced yesterday.
But Diallo Rabain said the move, which will launch the Progressive Labour Party’s phase-out of middle schools, would only hap...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A group of women are better equipped for the world of work after they took part in a programme designed to boost their skills and self-esteem.
The group was the first to take part in the Transformational Support Services programme, run by the Women’s...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The cousin of a former Cabinet minister has been Called to the Bar.
Monica Kelly, 27, was welcomed into the legal world on Friday surrounded by family members – including her cousin, Wayne Caines, a former national security minister.
Ms Kelly told th...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Somersfield Academy senior department students today moved to remote learning due to the Island-wide surge in Covid-19 cases.
Somersfield principal Carlos Symonds said in a message to parents and students over the weekend that the increase in cases ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
A family story of how EF Gordon, a civil rights hero and doctor, saved the life of five-year-old Mansfield “Jim” Brock inspired Mr Brock’s son to study medicine.
The 83-year-old story came full circle when last month Malcolm Brock was appointed the E...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The closure of almost half of Bermuda’s 18 primary schools was yesterday proposed as part of a plan to change the education system.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the Government wanted to slash the number of primary schools from 18 to te...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
