from other Government schools, have difficulty reading.
CedarBridge principal Ernest Payette, a man who knows what he is talking about and is not tied to the Department of Education, has been quoted as saying: "When you have 17-year-olds functioning ...
Government could prevent some of the literacy problems in the public education system by lowering the school entry age, Opposition Leader Jennifer Smith has charged.
Ms Smith, who is also the Shadow Education Minister, was responding to news that som...
Traditionally, Christmas is known as the season of goodwill. In a world where commerce, technology and the profit factor are taking a larger part in everyone's lives, it is comforting to know that there are still organisations out there that truly ca...
and to look back over the past year. And there have been changes here in Bermuda. We have a new Premier; we have new Mayors -- in Hamilton and in St.
George's; we have a new Commanding Officer for the Regiment, we have new CEOs at the two biggest ban...
Northlands Primary principal Dale Butler has called for a commission to be set up to address the Island's literacy problems.
While news that some 50 percent of CedarBridge Academy students were functioning below the required level came as no surprise...
Department to build a clubhouse, along with day care nursery, next to Bernard Park where they play their home matches.
Village, without a clubhouse since vacating their former premises on North Shore earlier this year, want to have both the club and ...
DATE: Dec 23, 1997 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
the visitor who desires "unparalleled peace of mind''.
That is what officials hope will result from the first Five Year Plan. The theory does, of course, reflect Bermuda as it used to be. Today it will very much depend on what visitors consider as "u...
underachieve was yesterday promised by Education Minister Jerome Dill.
Mr. Dill said: "We already have the Best Steps programme at the Bermuda College which is a form of upgrading skills.
"Given the numbers involved, yes, we should have more of these...
DATE: Dec 22, 1997 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Nearly half of CedarBridge Academy's students are functioning below the required level.
Principal Ernest Payette revealed this during an interview with The Royal Gazette on the last day of CedarBridge's first school term.
"When you have 17-year-olds ...
challenges people around the world, to contemplate the long term repercussions of the AIDS pandemic. It focuses on young persons under the age of 18. The United Nations Convention of the "Rights of the Child'', defines a child as a human being below ...
