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N. H. Cole Simons

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17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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So, this does not apply to preschools?
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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How do you address the day care centres for people, like a senior who has three or four young people who are babysitting services and not really providing stimulation for the youn g people? So, they are just —I am going to take care of your child while you are at work. And I am more or less a babysitting …
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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New question.
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Minister, can you confirm whether or not a curriculum for preschools will be i ncluded in these standards? And the curriculum would cover behavioural skills, developmental skills, ac ademic foundation skills, and social skills.
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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In the second paragraph, the Minister says, “The programme is designed to help prepare our public senior school students from the CedarBridge [Academy] and the Berkeley Institute . . .” Mr. Speaker, from my time as the Minister of E ducation, I became blatantly aware that the Department of Education provides education services to all of Bermuda’s students. So, my …
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Second question. Upon completion of the programme, will the graduates have an international designation like City and Guilds that they can use should they decide to move and work overseas?
3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, during the first 100 days of the PLP Government we lost the Commissioner of Education and a senior Director of Education by the name of Dr. Matthews. This has an impact on the leadership of Education in this country. Can the Premier give us an update on what Government is doing to address the …
3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. Okay. I will tie it to the SCORE Report. Mr. Speaker, the Commissioner of Education was leading the charge in the delivery of the SCORE Report and of initiatives. Now that he is not here, and no comment is made by the Government in regard to the replacement of the Commissioner of Education, who is leading that charge in …
3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary based on the Premier’s comments.
3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I have heard what the Premier has said, and I acknowledge that the Department of Education, the Board of Education, is responsible for hiring and making recommendations on the appointment of the Commissioner of Education. There is no Commissioner of Education at this point in time, and we need to ensure that the delivery of education services in …
3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Who is providing current leadership in the Department of Education, given that we have no Commissioner of Education?
3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, I do. Page 3, the SCORE Report. Can the Minister or the Premier give an update on what has been achieved in regard to the challenges summarised in the SCORE Report? Do we have a status report on ad-dressing those challenges?
3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary. Is there an ongoing inspection report by the Works and Engineering Department to ensure that our structures are sound and that adequate maintenance programmes are in place?
3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to join in the comments in regard to the late Reggie Burrows. When I came to this House in 1998, one thing Reggie meant to me and the rest of the team —he was the storyteller. He was the historian of what transpired in this country.
3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Any piece of legislation that went to the House, he translated that down to the people of this country. And he had the history of why decisions were made. Having said that, he and those from Dame Lois Browne-Evans . . . there were no better storytellers in regard to the history of this country. They were respected in their …
3 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Pardon me?
6 Oct 2017 House of Assembly
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What is the current status of the draft amendment legislation for the 2008 Dogs Act? I understand it was near completion. So, can you give the House and community an update, please?