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Bermuda College will celebrate 24 new graduates at its second annual Winter Commencement tomorrow.
Duranda Greene, the college president, said half of the graduates had achieved GPAs above 3.0, which meant they would graduate with merit or distinctio...
DATE: Jan 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Children dressed up as their “dream” professions on a day to honour Martin Luther King Jr.
St David’s Primary School pupils were encouraged to reach for their goals in a special assembly on Friday.
Gladstone Thompson, the principal, said the dressing...
DATE: Jan 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A young man, who took part in a mentorship programme for most of his childhood, has been awarded a bursary to help him achieve his aim of working in the financial services industry.
Benjamin Edwards was named as the recipient of the Big Brothers Big ...
DATE: Jan 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Online enrolment for parents to register their children for the next school year has opened, the education ministry announced yesterday.
Registration options through the new PowerSchool online enrolment were released for preschool, primary school and...
DATE: Jan 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A Merchant Navy Officer Cadet at college in the UK is destined for a life on the ocean waves after he secured a job as a junior officer with a billion-dollar plus shipping company.
Marcus Simmons, from Warwick, was offered the trainee role with UK-ba...
DATE: Jan 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A maths tutoring centre has teamed up with an asset management firm to launch a scholarship drive to send 500 youngsters to summer maths camps.
Equilibria Capital Management has agreed to fund 50 scholarships and it is hoped that the scholarship driv...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public school pupils will be able to return to the classroom after taking a coronavirus antigen test at home instead of a PCR test.
Tinée Furbert, the Acting Minister of Education, said the change will be phased in from next week.
Antigen tests have ...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Some pupils at Bermuda High School were learning online this week after pupils tested positive for the coronavirus.
Linda Parker, the head of school, said that staff had done everything it could to keep as many pupils in classrooms as possible.
But s...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A traditional charity walk has donated 240 laptops to primary school pupils.
The Bermuda End-to-End Charitable Trust announced this week it had handed over the Chromebooks and protective cases to the Ministry of Education.
Anne Mello, the chairwoman ...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A two-day lag for coronavirus test results from the island’s main laboratory is expected to continue, the scientist in charge warned yesterday.
Carika Weldon said that positive cases for the virus at the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory h...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell