Henry Johnson, the man brought in by Government to tackle its self-proclaimed education crisis, has a phrase he litters his conversation with: student learning outcomes.
What the term really means, of course, is results — and right now, as he readily...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
During an academic awards ceremony last night, CedarBridge Academy pupils were urged to use their excellence to encourage their peers and not to be afraid of being challenged intellectually.
Government's newest consultant on education, American Dr. H...
The world-renowned Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) is teaming up with an Ivy League university to produce the scientists of tomorrow.
BIOS is to offer a Ph.D. programme in partnership with Princeton, recently listed the number one universi...
Kenny Thompson yesterday quit as interim coach of Bermuda's senior national football team.
According to reliable sources, the Somerset Eagles' player/coach tendered his resignation from the post he had held for the past eight months for undisclosed r...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
The Berkeley Institute's board of governors has rejected a plan for a fee-paying centre at the school offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) qualification.
Board chairman Calvin White issued a statement yesterday in which he said that the idea...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
From saving for your children's future to putting aside money to enjoy in your retirement - those are just some of the ways in which Argus Financial Limited's (AFL) new senior wealth manager Felicia Rickards will be helping people with their investme...
Education Minister Randy Horton insisted yesterday that graduation rates were not being fudged or inflated before admitting that the 58 percent pass rate claimed for 2006 includes students who took an extra year to complete their Bermuda School Certi...
DATE: Oct 26, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The much-maligned Bermuda School Certificate could be scrapped and replaced with an internationally recognised qualification, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Henry Johnson, the Government's new $250,000-a-year education consultant, told this newspaper ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2007 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
It was Alma "Champ" Hunt who suggested to June Famous that she join American International, back in 1965. She indeed joined the company on September 14 that year as a clerk/typist. Her pay was 80 Bermuda Pounds a month.
Uppermost in her thinking was ...
We are going backwards
October 22, 2007
Dear Sir,
In 1950 under the South African apartheid regime, legislation was passed for the registration of the population. The Population Registration Act meant that all South Africans were to be classified in ...
