Students and staff at Bermuda’s public schools will undergo mandatory PCR Covid-19 testing before returning to in-class learning after the upcoming school break, the Minister of Education announced yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said during a press confere...
DATE: Oct 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A deputy principal known as the “heartbeat” of Clearwater Middle School was today revealed as the winner of Bermuda Education Network’s 2021 Outstanding Teacher Award.
Dean Foggo, a business studies teacher and deputy principal at the school, was nam...
DATE: Oct 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The bus service seems to have been in the news more often than any other government department or agency. Certainly, more than tourism, one of the twin pillars of our economy. This important mode of transport to many has had a tumultuous time these p...
A multimillion-dollar marine research robot was unveiled to students at Warwick Academy this week at the school’s Marine Science Facility.
The students were introduced to the cutting-edge technology behind the Remus 100, a remotely operated vehicle ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A total of ten teachers are up for the Outstanding Teacher Award organised by the Bermuda Education Network.
They were nominated by colleagues and parents and pupils and teachers were asked to help the judges decide.
All the finalists will receive a ...
A teacher said he hoped to research how the island’s history, culture and geography affected how teenagers looked for help with mental health problems.
Daniel Cavanagh, a PhD student, added he had started a literature review to establish the need for...
DATE: Oct 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
A total of 31 public schools have reopened their classrooms to pupils, the education ministry has revealed.
The news came as the Department of Health confirmed that a risk assessment was carried out at West Pembroke Primary School, which was potentia...
DATE: Oct 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
About 2,000 people have received vaccine booster shots so far, the health minister said today.
Kim Wilson added the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and the National Sports Centre vaccine centres were administering boosters to people over the age o...
DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: News Staff
Almost all of the Bermuda High School’s 2020/2021 IGCSE cohort achieved grades between A* and C or equivalent.
None of the students were able to sit their final exams owing to Covid-19 and their final grades were awarded using the teachers’ predicted...
DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Two thirds of new jobs created in Bermuda in the next two years will come from entrepreneurs, a tech summit has been told.
But while there has been a 300 per cent increase in businesses using online and e-commerce, there remains an urgency to re-tool...
DATE: Oct 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local Business | AUTHOR: David Fox, Business Editor
