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Legal changes are needed to standardise the appointment of future education commissioners, the shadow education minister said yesterday.
Cole Simons added that the Court of Appeal ruling in the case of veteran teacher and education official Gina Tuck...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Commissioner of Education has sent a letter to teachers and parents of public-school children with an update on pandemic return-to-school rules.
Kalmar Richards confirmed that “extremely vulnerable students and staff” would work on a remote basi...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The former head of a parent teacher association has collected more than 6,500 signatures in support of the reinstatement of a black history course in schools.
Ruth Moran said she fought to keep Melodye Micëre Van Putten’s “Ashay: Rites of Passage” pr...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Schoolchildren started their summer with a splash this month as the Aqua Camp programme continued despite Covid-19.
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo said this year’s camps could not be held at it Flatts headquarters, but young people had been able ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Education is to launch a series of webinars and podcasts about public school education.
The inaugural webinar takes place as a pilot on Friday afternoon, July 24th 2020, and will delve into a thread of the Social Studies curriculu...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Schools are on track to reopen in September after a “mammoth task” to create safety rules to reduce the risk of Covid-19, the education minister said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain added that social-distancing requirements and a 30-minute health check ever...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Daina Casling was worried about her daughter’s education when The Reading Clinic was forced to switch to online tutoring during the Covid-19 pandemic.
She need not have been concerned — like many of the other children involved with the education char...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Four educators have been appointed acting principals in Bermuda’s public schools, the Commissioner of Education has announced.
Kalmar Richards named Enid Furbert-Jacobs as acting principal for Purvis Primary, Jana Pitcher for Gilbert Institute, Lind...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Pembroke Parish Council’s annual Bermuda College scholarship award and grants has extended the age range and application deadline this year.
Previously limited to high school graduates, the tuition funds are now available to Pembroke residents be...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
In its ongoing support of students and families with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and those who work with these students on a daily basis to support and educate children and teenagers with ASD, Bermuda Autism Support & Education (BASE) are pleased to an...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release