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Controversial proposals to shut down almost half the island’s primary schools will not go ahead until a public consultation process is complete, Government has said. But Diallo Rabain, the education minister, warned that opponents of the revamp will ...

A total of 50 bus routes were cancelled today as Bermuda’s bus shortage crisis rumbled on. The cancellations started with the 3.20pm No. 8 bus from CedarBridge to Dockyard and will finish with the No 7 bus from Hamilton to Watford Bridge at 6.30pm. ...

Government’s plan to close eight primaries could lead to protests at the House of Assembly, the president of a Parent Teacher Association at an under-threat school warned yesterday. Harry Matthie, head of the PTA at high-performing St George’s Prepa...

Schoolchildren returned to their classrooms today as in-class learning resumed at public schools across the island. Public schools had transitioned to remote learning in early December after a surge in cases of Covid-19 across the island. Diallo Ra...

The Minister of Education yesterday reassured parents that no schools will close in September. Diallo Rabain emphasised that primary school registration would go ahead as normal later this month and in February. He was speaking after the launch of ...

It is with sadness and a heavy heart that I present this submission regarding the proposed closure of West End Primary School. I am disappointed that the Ministry of Education believes it can provide the best of education for our children without tru...

Many years ago during the days of the Mid-Ocean News, I wrote an op-ed about the terms negentropic or entropic socioeconomic design. Of course, I have no claims on prophethood — some things are simple logic and can be deduced through science. Two com...

The Minister of Education has defended the move to consider closing high-performing primary schools saying that all of Bermuda’s schools should be performing well. Diallo Rabain was speaking to The Royal Gazette about government’s plans to overhaul t...

The PTA president at Port Royal Primary School has expressed shock and disappointment at the news it may be closed. Port Royal Primary is one of nine primary schools facing closure as part of government proposals to overhaul the public education syst...

In July 2017, the Progressive Labour Party released its General Election platform. In it, it pledged to “reform public education by phasing out middle schools and introducing signature schools at the secondary level, which focus on the learning style...

Forced transfers of primary pupils to other schools as part of a major shake-up of the education system could cause huge trauma, the shadow education minister warned last night. Ben Smith of the One Bermuda Alliance said: “We should be really worried...

A total of nine primary schools face closure in one of the biggest shake-ups in the history of the public education system. The shock news came in a consultation document from the education ministry outlined plans for the creation of just ten parish ...