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A fundraising drive for an education fund at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has almost reached the $1 million mark.
The Degroote Bermudian Alumni Dalhousie/BIOS Fund is dedicated to providing research and study opportunities at BIOS for stud...
DATE: May 14, 2014
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Bermuda College will hold its graduation ceremony for 95 students on Thursday, with a mother and son among those completing their studies.
The college will close at 1pm for the 2.30pm ceremonies on the college field.
Evening classes will be held as ...
DATE: May 14, 2014
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Students at all 18 public primary schools are expected to have sat a controversial exam identifying “gifted” students by the end of today.
Teachers at two schools had threatened to boycott the Otis-Lennon School Ability test (OLSAT) after claiming th...
DATE: May 13, 2014
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government is being urged to make cannabis immediately available for medicinal use, decriminalise personal possession of the drug as a priority, and consider eventually legalising it completely, according to an independent advisory group.
The finding...
DATE: May 12, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Former Education Commissioner Edmond Heatley did not receive a severance package after controversially resigning from the post last month.
And Education Minister Grant Gibbons has also confirmed that the Ministry was unaware of a survey which, accord...
DATE: May 10, 2014
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
PRIDE Bermuda’s Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) initiative has received a boost after the anti-drug group received a donation allowing them to expand the programme to Elliot Primary school.
Executive director Judith Burgess said she...
DATE: May 10, 2014
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Minister of Community, Culture and Sports Wayne Scott today launched the National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Campaign — an attempt to increase public awareness of teen pregnancy.
The campaign was kicked off at the Teen Services headquarters at Fort Ha...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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A primary school has delayed giving its students a controversial test to find out if they are gifted after teachers complained.
Thousands of primary school students were scheduled to sit the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) this week in order ...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Any changes to the laws regulating the use of cannabis will only be made “in a measured fashion with careful consideration of the Bermudian context”, National Security Minister Michael Dunkley has said.
Mr Dunkley spoke after a report by the Cannabis...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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Thousands of primary school students are sitting a controversial test to determine if they are gifted and talented this week — but teachers in at least one school are considering boycotting the exam.
Educators at Port Royal Primary School in Southamp...
DATE: May 08, 2014
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
