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Bermuda College students will get the unique opportunity to meet face-to-face with more than 20 of the College’s overseas academic partners at the “Bermuda College Transfer Pathways Fair” Tuesday, November 27, and Wednesday, November 28. The first of...
DATE: Nov 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Business leaders could be used to boost the ailing schools system, the Shadow education minister has said.
Cole Simons said that a proposed independent education authority could benefit from the insights of the private sector, backed by education off...
DATE: Nov 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The new Minister of Finance is to outline refinancing part of the Government’s $2.42 billion debt in the House of Assembly today.
Curtis Dickinson is said to have secured a deal at a favourable rate of interest as one of his first acts as minister.
Z...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Stand out, work hard and be compassionate was the advice of guest speaker Sean Tucker to pupils at the Berkeley Institute’s prize-giving ceremony yesterday.
Mr Tucker, who recently inherited the nickname “the Voice of Summer” after the death of long...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Education minister Diallo Rabain delivered an update on the Government grant awarded to Bermuda College to offer financial support to students at the House of Assembly today.
To read Mr Rabain’s statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Medi...
DATE: Nov 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A 15-year-old schoolgirl has organised a youth conference to tackle controversial subjects with respect for different views.
Katherine Tobin, a pupil at Somersfield Academy in Devonshire, said the conference would discuss topics such as race, gender ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier told a town hall-style meeting that proposed tax changes were designed to benefit the least well-off in Bermuda.
He said: “The report on the tax commission has been submitted and I think the most important basis of that is that those pers...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Teachers at West Pembroke Primary School have launched a work-to-rule, it was revealed yesterday.
The staff at the school said they were forced to take action because of staff shortages, poor teacher training and low-quality technology.
The Parent Te...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A botched attempt to introduce a new grading standard for schools has added extra stress to already under-pressure teachers, a union leader said yesterday.
Mike Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, added that the work involved...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Students at a special needs school were given a new minibus yesterday by a reinsurance company.
Validus Re donated the “Smiley’s Bus” to the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy to replace its ageing vehicle, donated 11 years ago in memory of a pupil who ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan