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Sweeping changes to the education system have moved a step closer after legislation was passed in the Senate.
The Education Amendment Act 2021 will abolish middle schools and replace them with new “signature schools”.
The new-style schools will h...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An entrepreneur who set up his own mask-making business has donated 50 of his products to the disabled.
Kenneth Pushā, owner of Mask'd Co, made the donation to the K Margaret Carter Centre - a government-run facility that provides support and trainin...
DATE: Mar 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A private school will hold its first inter-house cricket match to raise money for pupils who struggle to afford school fees.
Saltus Grammar School started a week of cricket-themed fundraising events on Monday that will culminate in its first ever Sal...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A string of Government schools are to move to remote learning and others will start the Easter holiday early as the island faced a new surge in Covid-19 cases, it was revealed yesterday.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said that Northlands ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The first step in the biggest change in decades in Bermuda’s public education system has been approved by MPs.
Senior level “signature schools” required to offer one or more “signature learning programmes” will be introduced under the changes.
Diallo...
DATE: Mar 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The relocation of a special education school could create better environment for children with learning difficulties, the Minister of Education said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said that the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy in Devonshire, was “bursting a...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Ministry of Education has announced that recent Covid-19 outbreaks have forced the cancellation of the Learning First pop–up events scheduled for today and Friday.
Today’s event was scheduled to be held at the Slat House at Botanical Gardens...
DATE: Mar 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Students will be able to do a foundation year at Bermuda College from September, enabling them to enter the first year of three- or four-year universities overseas, its president announced yesterday.
Duranda Greene said the college had also linked up...
DATE: Mar 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Pembroke students were yesterday warned “not to wait until the last minute” to apply for the Parish Council’s annual scholarship and grants for study at Bermuda College.
The PPC is now accepting applications, which are limited to high school leavers ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The intersection of literacy, language variation, and poverty will be explored in virtual workshop given by a University of California expert at the Bermuda College.
A College spokeswoman said Dr. Julie Washington, the Director of the Dialect, Povert...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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