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Covid-19 safety precautions in public schools could be relaxed as early as next week, the Minister of Education said yesterday. Diallo Rabain gave few details of planned changes, but promised he would release more information in the House of Assembly...

Children between the ages of 5 and 11 will be able to get the paediatric version of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in the near future, the health department announced last night. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said supplies of the vaccine for child...

The education minister today offered an olive branch to teachers who passed a vote of no confidence in him and senior education staff. Diallo Rabain said that he had had no communication from the Bermuda Union of Teachers since the vote, which called...

A group of young people took part in a cultural tour and enjoyed sweet treats as part of a new mentorship scheme. Future Leaders Bermuda launched the programme last Saturday to help school pupils develop life skills. A spokesman explained that the ch...

Pupils will still be expected to wear masks in classrooms to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the health minister confirmed yesterday. Kim Wilson said that the step helped to protect older family members in multigenerational homes. She was speak...

The president of the teachers’ union was illegally fired from her teaching job by the Ministry of Education, it was claimed last night. Dante Cooper, the Bermuda Union of Teachers’ general secretary designate, said the executive committee did not acc...

Increased numbers of coronavirus cases among children should be “a concern, but not a worry”, the Chief of Staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board said last night. Wesley Miller said parents should “remain vigilant” but not fearful despite the island’s ...

Children have been sent to school without parents waiting for clear coronavirus test results and some have later been found to be infected, health officials said last night. Kim Wilson, the health minister, warned parents that children should not ret...

Covid-19 restrictions for schoolchildren were branded as excessive and heavy-handed yesterday. Parents of public and private school pupils said that classroom quarantines, masks in schools and the ten-day test rule after travel should all be relaxed....

A mother who lost her son in a crash said she was moved to see members of the public cover the island in blue yesterday in memory of him and others who have died on the roads. Antoinette Burgess said that she had “never dreamt” of seeing the blue clo...

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...

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 ...