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A report revealing the public’s views on a proposal to close nine primary schools, renovate nine others and build a new primary school in Devonshire will be released by the end of June, the Ministry of Education has promised.
Consultation on the Prop...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
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...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A public-private partnership or a sell-off of old school buildings could be used to fund the Government’s plan to transform the public education system.
A consultation on the future of primary schools, with a deadline of Friday, highlighted “bold ch...
DATE: Mar 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A major report on the state of Bermuda’s 18 primary schools was published five years ago and detailed a litany of health, safety and security problems.
The Score report found problems at every school, with many said to be in a very poor state of repa...
DATE: Mar 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The two primary schools that performed best in final year exams in three core subjects over the past decade will be shut under a Government proposal to transform the education system.
St George’s Prep and St David’s PS topped a table of average score...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
It is a task said to be “monumental” by David Burt, the Premier, and Diallo Rabain, the education minister – the transformation of the public school system to give every Bermudian child a chance to excel.
A consultation document
released in ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An overseas company asked to redesign Bermuda’s public school system will be paid more than $2 million, it has been revealed.
A notice published in the Official Gazette on Monday said that Innovation Unit Australia New Zealand would get $2.1 million ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A private school has launched an investigation into potential historic sex abuse, it was revealed yesterday.
Mount Saint Agnes Academy told parents in a letter yesterday that it had hired T&M Protection Resources, a New York-based firm, to conduct th...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor