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Taking the plunge and going outside her comfort zone paid off for 23-year-old Shuntelle Paynter, a forensic science student who decided to try something different and teach English in China this summer. “It was a big culture shock — however, you lea...

A back-to-school event organised by a group of Progressive Labour Party MPs has been deemed a roaring success, with more than 400 people taking part. Michael Weeks, the Shadow Minister of Culture, said the annual event first came about six years ago ...

The Bermuda Society of Arts (BSOA) has announced its annual bursary award recipient. Sarai Jahdai Hines, 20, is studying a postgraduate degree in education secondary art and design and received the award of $5,000. She was one of 14 aspiring artists ...

Antoine Jones found more than he bargained for when he visited a local wholesale store. For during the outing with his mother in April, the 15-year-old was spotted by local television producer Jonathan “JT” Talbot. Now the Berkeley Institute student...

Students at Saltus Grammar School are celebrating after achieving a 100 per cent pass rate in IGCSE results. The school announced 28 per cent of students received five or more A/A* grades, including three students from grades 6, 7 and 9: pupils aged ...

Growing up in the foster care system, Dwayne Wescome sometimes felt like he was unloved, unwanted and abandoned. Then he developed a close relationship with God, which proved to him otherwise. The 30-year-old recently graduated with a master of div...

The transfers of some 30 teachers and six principals are hanging in the balance less than two weeks before the start of the new school term as arguments rumble in the courts over whether parents were properly consulted about the moves. The Bermuda Pa...

“Children must come first,” was the message from Minister of Education Wayne Scott yesterday as he welcomed a court decision allowing teachers and principals to go ahead with their transfers. Mr Scott spoke to The Royal Gazette outside the Civil Cour...

Seven Warwick Academy Year 10 students chose The Royal Gazette as their top place of employment. Sarah Taylor of Warwick Academy co-ordinated a two-day work experience programme together with Caroline Desmarais, chief development officer, to offer th...

The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association claims the Ministry of Education wants to “fatally wound” it with planned changes to the education system. Harry Matthie, the association’s chairman, said the ministry intended to turn the BPTSA and othe...

The Bermuda Union of Teachers has joined the number of unions speaking out against a Bermuda Government lawsuit against Jason Hayward. Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, formally launched a defamation lawsuit — to be paid for by the Government — ...

Children are the same, the world over. That’s what Nadia Khan learnt from a summer spent teaching in Thailand. “I thought there would be more cultural differences,” said the 31-year-old teacher. “With my own students at Somersfield Academy, they ofte...