- Improved standards - particularly in the middle schools - would lead to better graduation results.
- The quality of teaching is poor and has contributed to the “widespread under-performance” in public schools
- Principals need to spend time in clas...
Four of Bermuda’s public schools are failing and most of the others are merely satisfactory or worse, according to what Premier Ewart Brown last night dubbed the “most meaningful and comprehensive” review ever conducted of the education system.
The h...
DATE: May 04, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
For weeks anticipation mounted for the wide-ranging and in-depth review on the state of public education to be unveiled.
Members of Parliament referred to the review, adverts were placed in local media and people attending public meetings were told i...
DOMESTIC violence in Bermuda is rife, but only a small percentage of cases are reported to police, writes Tricia Walters. Since 1996 only 600 reports have been filed as many women remain silent, enduring years of abuse and violence.
One organisation ...
Opposition leader Michael Dunkley has announced a virtually unchanged Shadow Cabinet with Grant Gibbons replacing Neville Darrell, who is retiring, as Education spokesman.
Also on the outside is Maxwell Burgess who stepping down at the forthcoming el...
Professor David Hopkins boasts a wealth of experience from a career in which he has held some of the highest positions within the UK's education system.
He was Chief Advisor on School Standards in the UK under three Secretaries of State from 2002 to ...
CEDARBRIDGE Academy should undergo massive structural renovations in order to avoid further outbreaks of mould contamination, according to a team of experts.And it is understood investigators claimed poor maintenance and the failure of Government to ...
DATE: May 04, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Gareth Finighan
Education Minister Randy Horton probably has some idea of what former United Bermuda Party MP Jamahl Simmons felt like when he was rejected by his branch committee — but Mr. Horton is unlikely to accuse his branch of racism.
Both Mr. Simmons and Mr. ...
May 4-12
Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Societ> Musical: ‘Drood’ (‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’), Daylesford Theatre, Washington Street. Evening performances 8 p.m. Matinees: May 5 and 12 at 3 p.m. No performance May 6. Tickets: $35. Box office hours: Apr...
A satellite operations facilities will soon be built in Bermuda.
Yesterday, TerreStar Global Ltd., an emerging mobile communications provider, announced that it had signed a letter of intent with the Government.
The deal is the first step towards con...
