A botched attempt to introduce a new grading standard for schools has added extra stress to already under-pressure teachers, a union leader said yesterday.
Mike Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, added that the work involved...
Research informs us that there are many different ways of learning valuable material.
Using textbooks and question-and-answer periods at the end of each chapter is much used internationally in all subjects.
An alternative method, however, which can ...
Students at a special needs school were given a new minibus yesterday by a reinsurance company.
Validus Re donated the “Smiley’s Bus” to the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy to replace its ageing vehicle, donated 11 years ago in memory of a pupil who ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Courses in fintech, compliance and gaming are on the cards for the Bermuda College as part of a new five-year plan.
Duranda Greene, president of the college, unveiled details of its Vision 2023: Delivering Success plan at the Hamilton Rotary Club on ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
A savings plan that helps parents to save for their children’s postsecondary education costs has now paid out $50 million to families in Bermuda.
Having reached that milestone, Heritage Education Funds International hopes to increase awareness of the...
The Bermuda Botanical Society scholarship was awarded to Amber Reid who received $3,000. She is attending Northeastern University in Boston and is in her fourth year studying for a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science. She is a past ...
Dozens of high school pupils will get cash for college under a new grants scheme, the Minister of Education said.
Diallo Rabain estimated that “a maximum of 60 students” from Bermuda’s public secondary schools would qualify for the College Promise p...
The abolition of controversial middle schools is still a distant target, the education minister admitted this week.
Diallo Rabain said that “much research is still to be done”.
But Cole Simons, the shadow education minister, claimed Mr Rabain had b...
Bermuda High School came out top in the National Debate Tournament at the weekend.
Both the senior school and middle school finals resulted in an all-BHS line-up competing for the honours in “very close” debates.
But Gladstone Thompson, president of ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is a small place, and I think that we all have cabin fever. But if one is discouraged from speaking freely because of how small the population is, and how we all know one another, can one still argue that we have free speech?
It is difficult ...
