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A schoolgirl has scored top marks in an iGCSE exam – aged just 12. Emily Sperryn-Jones, from Hamilton Parish, sat the exam in Dutch, designed to be taken by 16-year-olds, in May, a month after her birthday. She learnt last Saturday that she had rec...

Almost all of Bermuda’s active Covid-19 cases are the Delta variant, the Minister of Health has confirmed. Figures released to The Royal Gazette yesterday morning show that of the 36 active cases reported through to July 31, 32 are the more virulen...

Winners of this year’s Agricultural Exhibition schools competitions shared $12,000 in prize money yesterday. Several public and private schools received cheques for their participation in the virtual Ag show. First place winners received $1,150, whil...

Government has delayed a decision on the fate of Bermuda’s primary schools by a month. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, had said the decision, which could include the permanent closure of up to eight primary schools, will now be announced at...

An online summer course will offer pupils the chance to create a pandemic-themed film. The virtual Steam – science, technology, engineering, arts and maths – Academy, run through the education department’s gifted and talented education programme, wil...

New signature programmes at CedarBridge and The Berkeley Institute are based on high-demand sectors of the economy and “will bode well as a start for our students upon entering the workforce”, the Education Minister said. Diallo Rabain last night ann...

A Rotary club has launched a book drive to encourage literacy in young children. The “From Teens to Tots” initiative will provide four primary schools – Harrington Sound, Elliot, Prospect and Victor Scott – with copies of the book A is for Afrika, S...

Another 50 laptops have been given to students through Lighthouse Connect, an educational fund launched by Legal & General Reinsurance. And it is urging businesses and individuals to join its effort to provide a free laptop to each of Bermuda’s publi...

School bus capacity is to be slashed as part of the battle against Covid-19. Children go back the classroom on Monday – but the transport minister warned that three clear feet between pupils on buses and minibuses was required. A transport spokesma...

The Department of Education will run a series of online town hall meetings next week to teach parents about the coronavirus saliva test programme. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said the programme was designed to help control the spread of...

Warwick Academy has won the KPMG Senior School Investment Challenge after Flirtingwithmodels, one of the school’s three teams in the competition, finished with an imaginary portfolio of stocks worth $123,290.67. All 20 senior school teams who took pa...

The Ministry of Education has pushed back scholarship deadlines after the Bermuda Scholarship website encountered technical problems. While the deadline was scheduled to be today, the Ministry announced that the deadline would be moved to Friday. Dia...