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A retired principal of a private school backed the Government’s plans to shake up the public education system – but said the scheme had to be supported by good resources and teacher training. Sue Moench, who retired from Mount St Agnes Academy, a Cat...

In September 2021, the One Bermuda Alliance praised the Minister of Education for making in-person learning a priority. The world has seen the impact that Covid has had on children, and there is consensus that in-person learning is critical to the de...

Covid-19 restrictions for schoolchildren were branded as excessive and heavy-handed yesterday. Parents of public and private school pupils said that classroom quarantines, masks in schools and the ten-day test rule after travel should all be relaxed....

Public primary schools were given $25,000 worth of school supplies yesterday. Support Public Schools, set up to buy and deliver school supplies for government primary schools, delivered half of its $50,000 worth of equipment to schools in the central...

Online enrolment for parents to register their children for the next school year has opened, the education ministry announced yesterday. Registration options through the new PowerSchool online enrolment were released for preschool, primary school and...

A traditional charity walk has donated 240 laptops to primary school pupils. The Bermuda End-to-End Charitable Trust announced this week it had handed over the Chromebooks and protective cases to the Ministry of Education. Anne Mello, the chairwoman ...

Several schools are set to reopen their classrooms to pupils today, but most of the island’s middle schools and senior schools will stay shut. The Department of Education said Victor Scott Preschool would resume classes today, which left St David’s P...

More schools are set to reopen tomorrow after another day of Covid-19 tests – but the senior schools and several middle schools will stay closed. Tinee Furbert, the acting education minister, said: “We continue to make notable progress with school op...

Schools can again welcome parents and hold assemblies for staff and pupils after Covid-19 precautions were eased yesterday. A Ministry of Education spokeswoman confirmed that public schools had moved to Phase 3 of the Government’s Covid-19 system for...

The Government has paid an Irish firm more than $275,000 to replace security doors at the island’s prisons. According to a notice published in the Official Gazette, Technical Door Solutions were contracted to carry out the work at both Westgate and t...

Primary school pupils are to benefit from a new environmental programme designed to improve literacy skills. The Bermuda Education Network, a group set up to create specialist programmes in the public education system, has teamed up with eight other ...

The majority of public schools will be open to in-classroom learning by the end of the week, the Premier has announced. At last night’s press conference, David Burt said that 30 of the island’s 36 public schools had reached the 80 per cent parental c...