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Elliott Primary School’s deputy head girl Xe’Azjah Paynter got a happy surprise when she found herself put forward for a Young Citizen Award by classmates and teachers for going the extra mile in school.
“You have to show kindness, be nice to your pe...
DATE: Dec 08, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Job creation is the top priority for the Progressive Labour Party should it win power for a fourth consecutive term, Premier Paula Cox said yesterday.
Ms Cox launched her party’s election manifesto called “Moving Forward Together” at Alaska Hall yest...
DATE: Dec 07, 2012
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Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance said it would create 2,000 jobs over the next five years by “implementing pro-growth economic policies”.
The figure was contained in the party’s “jobs and economic turnaround plan” to help pull Bermuda out of its financial cr...
DATE: Dec 07, 2012
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Politics
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Ever since the Hopkins Report, Government has been hounded for taking too long to implement it. For the OBA, extra urgency comes from the 2012 Labour Force Survey.
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons said one-third unemployment among job-seekers ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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Education
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Charity hiker Eric Robinson proved “the power of one person” for local youth charities, after raising more than $8,000 with a high-altitude trek in the US Sierra Nevada.
New Beginnings Education Trust’s Kerry Judd, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ber...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
If Government’s strategy for education stands on the shoulders of the 2007 Hopkins Report, so too does the Opposition’s criticism of the pace of reform.
Five years ago, the review of Bermuda’s public education system by Professor David Hopkins pulled...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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Education
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Education in Bermuda is in a state of flux as the curricula of both private and public schools go global.
The International Baccalaureate is growing in popularity, the UK’s GCSE exam system is set to change into an English Baccalaureate in the years ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
In the Royal Gazette’s continuing series on the major issues confronting the electorate, Jonathan Bell looks at education
Just eight percent of students in the Island’s public schools received a C grade or above in GCSE maths.
But the grades only te...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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Education
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Saltus Grammar School will set a new milestone next year, when a woman takes the helm as the new school principal for the first time in the school’s history.
Letters notifying parents were sent out yesterday by the school’s Board of Trustees on the a...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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Education
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Claire Charlemagne has been appointed to be the new head of Saltus — the first time the school has appointed a woman as headteacher.
In an announcement to parents this afternoon, the school said: “On behalf of the Saltus Board of Trustees we are very...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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