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A third of parents in Bermuda are opting to have their children educated privately and the number is set to rise, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
It is one of the highest percentages of privately educated children in the world, with parents taking on a...
DATE: Jun 28, 2000
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Government is to investigate after some disappointed pupils were told they could not graduate from school just hours before the ceremony yesterday.
Acting Education Minister Nelson Bascome said last night that he had called for an inquiry to find out...
DATE: Jun 28, 2000
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There is an old proverb which says a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.
While Lawson Eugene Mapp, JP neither set out to become Mayor of Hamilton, nor took a thousand miles to get there, his first step began in 1979 when he succes...
DATE: Jun 28, 2000
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Shadow Education Minister Tim Smith last night called for Government to set up an official school inspection body in a bid to ensure teachers and principals met high standards.
The Opposition Minister also said the performance of every school on the ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2000
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Vandals ransacked a Devonshire school over the weekend causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.
Prospect Primary School on Friendship Lane was broken into sometime over the weekend and the damage was discovered by the assistant principal when sh...
DATE: Jun 27, 2000
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school principals and teachers be paid off in an attempt to turn the education system around.
The Progressive Labour Party MP, who was principal of the former St. George's Secondary School for 12 years, said too many educators on the Island did not p...
DATE: Jun 27, 2000
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which have been free of tax for 30 years.
Dr. Beresford Swan has slammed Customs officials after learning he was liable for duty on the tools with which he has been updating his medical knowledge for the last three decades.
And in a bizarre twist, he...
DATE: Jun 27, 2000
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For me, one of the most satisfying aspects of writing is the removal of words.
Once having spewed forth upon the page, I relish irradicating redundancies, improbable metaphors and failed ideas.
But editing oneself can be difficult if, to use a saying...
DATE: Jun 27, 2000
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public education should be required reading for anyone who is concerned about the Island's schools.
Dr. Peters, who made the comments in yesterday's Royal Gazette , stated that 70 percent of applicants to the College from public schools failed to mee...
DATE: Jun 27, 2000
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standard -- but tried to assure parents that steps were being taken to lift results.
Acting Education Minister Nelson Bascome said he agreed with Bermuda College vice president Dr. Donald Peters that children were not receiving the schooling they des...
DATE: Jun 27, 2000
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