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Seniors from across the Island were treated a meal and some entertainment at CedarBridge Academy as part of an effort by students to give back to the community.
Some stayed on the premises to help clean up or serve lunch to seniors; others went out t...
DATE: Dec 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Eleanor Gardner, a senior at The Johns Hopkins University, has been named Bermuda’s Rhodes Scholar for 2013.
The Rhodes Scholarship is considered one of the most prestigious academic honours, offering all-expenses-paid study for two, and possibly thr...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Ever since the Hopkins Report, Government has been hounded for taking too long to implement it. For the OBA, extra urgency comes from the 2012 Labour Force Survey.
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons said one-third unemployment among job-seekers ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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If Government’s strategy for education stands on the shoulders of the 2007 Hopkins Report, so too does the Opposition’s criticism of the pace of reform.
Five years ago, the review of Bermuda’s public education system by Professor David Hopkins pulled...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Education in Bermuda is in a state of flux as the curricula of both private and public schools go global.
The International Baccalaureate is growing in popularity, the UK’s GCSE exam system is set to change into an English Baccalaureate in the years ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
In the Royal Gazette’s continuing series on the major issues confronting the electorate, Jonathan Bell looks at education
Just eight percent of students in the Island’s public schools received a C grade or above in GCSE maths.
But the grades only te...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Saltus Grammar School will set a new milestone next year, when a woman takes the helm as the new school principal for the first time in the school’s history.
Letters notifying parents were sent out yesterday by the school’s Board of Trustees on the a...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Claire Charlemagne has been appointed to be the new head of Saltus — the first time the school has appointed a woman as headteacher.
In an announcement to parents this afternoon, the school said: “On behalf of the Saltus Board of Trustees we are very...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Education figures released by Government are “inadequate” and show a lack of progress, according to Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons.
Dr Gibbons said the information released last week by Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith was “selective a...
DATE: Dec 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Island’s public senior school students show a 95 percent graduation rate for the latest school year, according to Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
The minimum grade point average set by the Board of Education is a 2.0 — the equivalent of a...
DATE: Nov 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
