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Public school pupils will return to school one day late in January so that teachers can be trained on the new standards-based grading system. Commissioner of Education Kalmar Richards said the Bermuda Union of Teachers had requested the move as educa...

Students in public schools will not receive report cards until next year, according to the Department of Education. A government spokeswoman said: “In response to feedback from key stakeholder groups inclusive of the Bermuda Union of Teachers and sch...

Dear Sir, As a parent, I know it is my responsibility to ensure that my children have everything they need to succeed. What I expect from the Bermuda public-school system is an equal dedication to their success. After five years in the public-school...

Failure to fix problems in public schools will allow divisions in society to fester, an independent senator warned yesterday. Michelle Simmons said: “If we fail to fix this, we will continue to be plagued by inequalities in our community.” Ms Simmo...

Residents have given top marks to teachers who staged a mass sick-out. Members of the public told The Royal Gazette the Bermuda Government should give teachers what they need to do their jobs, tackle long-running concerns about the state of the islan...

Sick-outs by school staff were a last resort to draw attention to the state of the education system, according to a teacher and a deputy principal, who spoke to The Royal Gazette yesterday on condition of anonymity. The veteran teacher, said schools ...

One could argue that a successful public education system is a moral duty of every government and that it is a human right for every young Bermudian to be provided with one. An unsuccessful public education system affects our whole society, regardles...

Bermuda’s public school system is past fixing, the president of a primary school parent-teacher association warned yesterday. Danielle Riviere, the president of the West Pembroke Primary School Parent Teacher Association, said that it was time that ...

Dear Sir, I write with fantastic disgust to have learnt minutes ago that the teachers at Gilbert Institute are planning to stage a wildcat industrial action this morning (Monday, December 10, 2018). I am unsure if this is another “sick-out”, like dis...

A sickout staged by teaching assistants across the island yesterday was “completely unacceptable”, said the Minister of Education. But the head of the teachers’ union laid the blame for the job action at the minister’s door. The teaching assistants...

Teachers will be provided with instruction next month on a new pupil grading system, the Minister of Education announced today. Diallo Rabian said that a “full day of professional development” would be held in January to provide teachers and adminis...

Teachers said last night they had hit the limit over a litany of problems hampering performance for schools and students. The Bermuda Union of Teachers issued a statement declaring its intent to take an unspecified “appropriate action” over a lack of...