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Dame Jennifer Smith has the political will to reform the public schools, according to the Board of Education chairman.
Darren Johnston had previously stepped down as chairman when former Minister El James announced possible school closures through th...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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Education
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Staff at the Ministry of Education have been given clear directions on what is expected of them when it comes to spending the public purse, a senior civil servant said yesterday.
In the House of Assembly on Monday Minister of Education Dame Jennifer ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2011
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Education
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Free tuition at Bermuda College may be replaced with “discounted” tuition, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith revealed yesterday.
And such a change may not necessarily be a bad thing, according to Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons, who also...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons asked what’s happened to Bermuda’s Blueprint for Education as he accused Government of making vague promises on reform.
Last April, then Education Minister Elvin James released a five-year plan to improve publi...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Education Ministry cash was spent on programmes that weren’t supposed to receive it as staff abused the Government grants system, Minister Dame Jennifer Smith said yesterday.
Dame Jennifer pledged to tighten up controls as she explained how Education...
DATE: Mar 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
There are three times as many part-time students as full-time at the Bermuda College, according to data released by the Education Minister.
Dame Jennifer Smith responded in the House of Assembly to parliamentary questions posed by Shadow Education M...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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A legal challenge against the appointment of a principal at a special school could be launched, The Royal Gazette understands.
A staff member at Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy, which has about 25 students with multiple physical and cognitive challen...
DATE: Mar 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A white teacher who was ostracised for educating blacks, including former Premier Sir John Swan, was yesterday honoured for his contributions to the Island.
The late Edwin Skinner, who founded the Howard Academy in 1944, tutored children of all colo...
DATE: Feb 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Teachers and students only found out The Educational Centre is to close when they read about it in this newspaper, multiple sources claimed last night.
The centre, in Devonshire, helps students whose behavioural issues are so severe that they have be...
DATE: Feb 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The Educational Centre for problem students is to close, with its teachers moved out into schools instead, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith announced yesterday.
The move is part of cost-cutting measures within the Ministry, which saw its budget...
DATE: Feb 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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