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The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association claims the Ministry of Education wants to “fatally wound” it with planned changes to the education system.
Harry Matthie, the association’s chairman, said the ministry intended to turn the BPTSA and othe...
DATE: Aug 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Pembroke Rotary Club has donated back-to-school supplies to foster children.
The club gave 50 backpacks filled with stationery and other items to the Bermuda Foster Parents’ Association.
Working with the Department of Child and Family Services, t...
DATE: Aug 27, 2015
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Education
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Summer maintenance work at the Island’s schools is nearly complete and they will be open on time for the new term, Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, has assured the public.
However, the ministry is still working to fill “one or two” vacancies b...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A judge has questioned the timing of an attempt to block teacher and principal transfers — two weeks before the new school term.
The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association was in Civil Court yesterday to seek a judicial review against the Ministr...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda Government scholarships and awards have gone out to 47 students.
The awards, given out earlier this month, include teacher training, mature student and further education awards as well as Bermuda Government scholarships.
Eight students receiv...
DATE: Aug 10, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A Bermudian student is taking an unprecedented look at the origins of the Island’s distinctive dialect.
Rosemary Hall has spoken to dozens of residents and trawled through the archives as part of her extensive MPhil thesis on the evolution of “Bermud...
DATE: Aug 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Four Bermudian students have been awarded $10,000 in scholarships to further their aspirations in interior design.
The field entails far more than selecting fabrics or colours, according to the Bermuda Society of Interior Designers, which presented t...
DATE: Aug 04, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Rules have been unveiled covering parental input at public-funded primary and middle schools in time for the coming school year.
The rules, which complement Parent-Teacher Associations, give parents the autonomy to make their own advisory councils an...
DATE: Aug 04, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Local student Erika Furbert, above, got a happy surprise this week when she received her exam results for the International Baccalaureate.
“I was so shocked that I just started laughing,” the 17-year-old told The Royal Gazette. “I was so happy and in...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda High School’s 2015 graduating class has beaten the world average in its International Baccalaureate Diploma results, the school reported.
The top student was Kathleen McBeath, with a total of 38 out of a possible 45 IB diploma points, fol...
DATE: Jul 10, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell