Student Gabriel Jones is quickly honing his talent for software development, thanks to an internship at Bermuda IT business Fireminds.
The 14-year-old, who attends Saltus Grammar School, spends every Thursday afternoon in the company’s Reid Street o...
Congratulations have gone from CedarBridge Academy to 18 of its S2 students who sat the IGCSE Cambridge Examination in English Language in November 2015.
The school reported its best results, with three A* grades, six As, six Bs and four Cs — after ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The budget for the Ministry of Education has been reduced by $2.23 million for the financial year ahead.
Projected spending on education for 2016 to 2017 is $124.9 million, less than the forecast for the previous year according to the 2016 budget del...
DATE: Feb 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
The baby boomers are getting ready to retire, and they won’t let a stock market sell-off stop them.
US stocks recently concluded the worst January since 2009 and have continued falling into February. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index is now down 10 per...
Bertram Guishard, a prominent educator who was influential in the founding of the Bermuda College, has died at the age of 87.
Mr Guishard, a former dean of the college’s Faculty of Arts and Science, taught at every level of the island’s school system...
Bob Richards yesterday spelt out the danger to the country of failing to tackle the Government’s debt mountain, while announcing an annual budget that will add to it.
The finance minister said the debt burden “undermines our ability to support the ne...
Emotions have been running high since the announcement of the potential closure of four public primary schools and members of the public are being urged to let their voices be heard.
Parents, teachers and other stakeholders have been holding emergenc...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
One Bermuda Alliance backbencher Mark Pettingill says his party’s plan to outlaw same-sex marriage is “very disconcerting” and may breach international human rights law.
The MP and lawyer, who is representing a couple seeking to wed on the island, wa...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The size of classrooms and a lack of funding for public primary schools are among the Bermuda Government’s most serious concerns, according to the school reorganisation (Score) report.
The report, commissioned by Wayne Scott, the Minister for Educat...
DATE: Feb 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Secondary students showcased their science skills yesterday at Saltus Grammar School’s inaugural science fair.
More than 20 individual and group projects were on display at the Alumni Hall, covering biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, robotics,...
