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It was a heartbreaking tweet – 74 words that summarised the lives of many young children around the island. “Covid started when Tau was 3, he is 5. He’s never experienced playing on the school field with other classes, sports day, he doesn’t even kno...

A new pressure group yesterday questioned Covid public safety policies that affect schoolchildren – including an insistence on masks in classrooms. Us For Them Bermuda was set up last week to give children “a voice” and ensure that “their interests a...

Public schools will hold remote lessons when children go back to school on Thursday in the wake of a surge in Covid-19 cases. The ruling was made after a meeting of the Education Emergency Measures Committee (EEMC) today. Diallo Rabain, the education...

On the eve of the holiday to commemorate our emancipation, the government of the day dipped its pen into the inkwell of callous arrogance and removed with one stroke 152 years of Black history. West End School in their minds should exist only in a mu...

In January, I submitted my concerns regarding the proposed closure of the West End Primary School. This second submissions follows as a result of reviewing the Government’s well-advertised information. One of the facts stated is that you are seeking...

The Department of Education will run a series of online town hall meetings next week to teach parents about the coronavirus saliva test programme. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said the programme was designed to help control the spread of...

Dear Sir, Considering the following primary schools will be closed — Port Royal, Heron Bay, West End, Northlands, Gilbert, Elliot, Prospect, St George's Prep and St David's — I feel this is what should happen to the remaining schools: 1, Dalton E. Tu...

Timeline: 25 years of reforming public education 1996: Education Act passes and middle schools are introduced by the United Bermuda Party government. December 1998: The Progressive Labour Party wins power. May 2007: The Hopkins R...

Yesterday, The Royal Gazette profiled the history of four primary schools slated for closure under Government’s education reform proposals. Today, we feature the other five which could shut. Sarah Lagan reports. Elliot Primary School – 1846...

The Minister of Education today pledged to provide professional development for educators which he described as critical to the success of education reform. Government is considering closing nine primary schools as part of wide-ranging reforms which ...