A few months ago I greeted a couple of Pacific Islanders and helped them find accommodations. I naturally asked how they liked being in Bermuda. To which their response was that they found the work environment much more comfortable. “How so?” was my ...
Student numbers at The Bermuda College have more than doubled in the last five years according to the Ministry of Education.
And, the ministry said, the numbers are up in part because of wider access to Government funding in the form of scholarshi...
An overseas company asked to redesign Bermuda’s public school system will be paid more than $2 million, it has been revealed.
A notice published in the Official Gazette on Monday said that Innovation Unit Australia New Zealand would get $2.1 million ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A cut in the number of public primary schools from three to two in Pembroke would still mean enough space for all the parish’s pupils, a virtual meeting on changes to the education system heard last night.
Kalmar Richards, the education commissioner,...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Dear Sir,
During a recent interview with The Royal Gazette, the Minister of Education’s statement regarding “aided schools” in our public-education system took me by surprise.
Mr Rabain said: “One of the cons about them is because they have the auton...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
Six pupils at an international school have been appointed acting prefects.
Azari Kelly, Matthew Mitchell, Zyrah Trott, Matthew Forrester, Keziah Smith and Jordan Smith all study at the Chatmore British International school in Smith’s.
The six, aged b...
A focus on teachers should be at the forefront in a shake-up of public schools, the Shadow Minister of Education has said.
Ben Smith, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, claimed that “for far too long” the people on the front line of education had been d...
Dear Sir,
Please may I have a little space in your newspaper. Am I to understand correctly that this government is considering dismantling Sandys Secondary Middle School?
This should not be even a thought after the folks in Somerset fought so hard to...
DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
A Warwick woman who admitted unlawfully assaulting two schoolchildren was handed a conditional discharge in Magistrates’ Court.
Michelle Burrows Robinson, 48, of Somers Lane in Warwick, pleaded guilty last week to two counts of unlawful assault datin...
DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Court | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Bullying will not be “allowed or tolerated” in Bermuda public education, Diallo Rabain has said.
The education minister highlighted alleged harassment of students on the basis of religion.
Mr Rabain was responding to a February 1 statement by the act...
DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
