The Bermuda Government’s summer employment programme is helping 95 college and university students further their careers, the House of Assembly heard this morning.

Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister of Home Affairs, also told legislators that a summer internship for one high school student had been offered by Ray Brooks, Jr, the CEO of Grey Castle. That gesture has grown into an unpaid internship programme provided by 15 companies taking on students from public senior schools, she said.

Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, rose to inform the House of Stem initiatives: programmes in science, technology, engineering and maths.

The Department of Education has established an applied technology programme for the 2016-17 academic year in partnership with the Bermuda College, which is taking on 28 students from the Berkeley Institute and CedarBridge Academy.

A team of students from CedarBridge has reached the championship level in the Stemboard Solar Grand Challene competition hosted by DHL Worldwide Express and Stemboard Partners in the Bahamas, offering students from Bermuda, Bahamas and the Cayman Islands the opportunity to come up with portable, low-cost solar energy solutions.

Another Stem initiative entails a partnership between the Unites States Consulate, Nasa and the Department of Education: Globe — the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment, which involves primary five students from Paget Primary School.

• To see Mr Scott and Mrs Gordon-Pamplin’s statements in full, click on the PDFs under “Related Media”