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The Ministry of Education has had to accept the inevitable and announce that some of the public schools and preschools are closing early today owing to insufficient staff support. Parents will be notified by school staff of early closures. As of noo...

Public schools in Bermuda are akin to those in third-world countries, according to the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, Mike Charles. An inadequate education budget, lack of continuity due to regularly changing Education Ministers,...

Parental input in school affairs, including the contentious issue of teacher transfers, will be addressed “shortly after school reconvenes in September”, according to Education Minister Nalton Brangman. Mr Brangman yesterday announced that his Minist...

Government had no legal option other than to cancel requested teacher transfers, according to Bermuda Union of Teachers secretary general Mike Charles. Mr Charles conceded that the consultation requirement, put in place by a Supreme Court order one y...

Mike Charles, secretary general of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, has been awarded an honorary degree by Endicott College. Mr Charles travelled to the Beverly Massachusetts college to receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at its 73rd commencem...

Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons has demanded that Government give a “full explanation” for a multi-million dollar lease agreement it signed with Pembroke Hamilton Club. Government agreed to lease a revamped PHC sports complex for more than $1...

Teachers could get official letters of termination by tomorrow as the Ministry of Education deals with a ten percent budget cut. Bermuda Union of Teachers general secretary Mike Charles last night said a collective agreement is in place saying any te...