Speeches by N. H. Cole Simons

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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I have no problem. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: I do not want to hear him referring to anyone in our department as “she.”

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, I have the all respect —

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, I have all the respect for the PS, the Permanent Secretary, and I know, as a professional, I need support and guidance and I need to be sharpened up e very now and then. And so, I think she, like every other professional, should get the support that she deserves so that she can do the best that …

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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I know that the y have had, you know, issues in regard to— 770 4 March 2019 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly [Inaudible interjections ]

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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—in regard to the Union. And, you know, I said that it is unfortunate, and I believe that they need the support so that it does not happen again. And I will say t he same thing when I get to the Commissioner of Education, because I know that the Commissioner of Education is new in the job. And when …

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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—I am now on Head 17.

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Okay? Head 17.

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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First of all, I would like to, again, as I say, commend the Commissioner of Education for maintaining a tight ship financially. It is diff icult in these trying times. And the fact that she has so many people reporting to her, so many priorities, I think t hat it should not go unnoticed. As was said, the Department of …

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With that . . . I accept the Chairman’s comments, and so I am going to put this question to the Minister: Now that we have a transition and implementation plan, how much does he think will be allotted for each year? And how much does he think the entire implementation plan will cost because that …

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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I am asking that because I would like to see whether we have many new teac hers in the p ipeline and [what are] their opportunities for them when they return home given that there possibly could be a team of expatriate teachers within our system. So if he can give us that breakdown, it would be appreciated. The other …

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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I am on School Improv ements. This is all part of School Improvements.

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Okay? And so, as I said, we have . . . we were going to develop a comprehensive plan that will focus on improving the teaching of mathematics in our schools. And the Minister said last year that he would keep us abreast of where thi ngs stood in that space. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Point of order, Mr. …

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman—

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, what I am tr ying to do is this. Last year the Minister m ade a number of commitments. I have seen some of his commi tments, again, this year. They have not been delivered. So how am I to believe—

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, I take your point but —

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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—like I say, numbers reflect action. Numbers reflect action and priorities.

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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So what I can easily do . . . and I can sa y that this head had “X” -thousand dollars, they were down 10 per cent or 5 per cent and those are the numbers, because that is the overarching for that particular section of the Ministry.

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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I can easily do that and then talk about the action behind the numbers.

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Okay. Mr. Chairman, I would like to now move to Substitutes.

4 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Substitutes, 1701, 27160, page B -145. For your sake, there was an allotment of $639,000. In 2018, there was an allotment of $3.05 million, down 79 per cent, and as the Minister said that the $2.4 [million] was transferred to the Paraprofessionals. Those are the numbers, Mr. Chairman.