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N. H. Cole Simons

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13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Pardon? [Inaudible interjection]
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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[Page] B -156 at the bottom. [Inaudible interjection]
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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And so, if we are not monitoring and managing the health and safety protocols, then to me, it is putting our teachers and students at 3720 13 March 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly risk because they will not be able to efficiently address the protocols and do what they have to do in regard to fire drills …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Right. And I am saying that we should hav e had it for a while. Again, the same thing: schools in compliance with Health and Safety Committee regulations, no d ata available. And this speaks to the BermudaFirst and that it is hard to get data from the Ministry and data management. And so, I am ask ing the Minister …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Page B -157. And we have 80 per cent. So, what we are saying is that 80 per cent of our preschool students meet the literacy standards and the numeracy standards, 20 per cent do not. So, what programmes are in place to support these 20 per cent [students] who are not meeting the mark? And— [Inaudible interjection]
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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—literacy and— [Inaudible interjection]
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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So, this is going to be addressing these weaknesses as well because, in fact, I found the literacy and numeracy issues have been around 75 per cent throughout —throughout middle school, primary school, and secondary school, bas ically. The rating is — [Inaudible interjection]
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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No, that is fine. It is just a challenge and I note that we have begun the process of bringing along people to address these issues and we will see how things progress this year. I hope that they are successful, because we cannot let anybody fall between the cracks. Page B -158 just speaks to what I just said. …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay, thank you very much. You are right, it is overloaded. Okay, page B -160, M1 to M3, this is line item 1707, M1 to M3 students scoring 3 or higher in sum-mative math assessments, there are no numbers. There are no performance numbers at all. [Inaudible interjection]
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, but my question is, it is a new one, yes, but we still should have this data in our system. [Inaudible interjection]
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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And so, if we have this data in the system, then somehow, we should have been able to infuse it into the performance indicators . That is what I am saying. Because it does not look good for the department to have these wonderful benchmarks, but there is no information in the Budget Book which goes down into our records. …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I take the Minister’s point, his comments, and I am just saying that he has provided us with such a detailed brief on the achievements of the school year and the budgetary year from primary school to secondary school to the college. And all I am saying is, included in those achievements could have been information on the questions that …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Programme 1601—
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Hang on, hang on. I am in the Ministry of Education.
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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[Line item] 1601.
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Right. So, the Minister has basically given us, in his presentation, a brief overview of the restructure and redesign of the Bermuda Public School System. I applaud him for that and I asked basically [that it] be described, and I think he covered it adequately. The Grants to External Bodies was down from $279,000. Last year it was up $279,000, …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay. In regard to, again, on Central Administration 1701, the Ministry of Educ ation, we have the new visi on for Plan 2022. And my question is, as a result of the new vision, and as a result of its new objectives and targets, has the Mini stry and the department been reorganised in themselves to be more compliant with …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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We are looking at line item 27030, Human Resources in the Ministry of Educ ation. [Inaudible interjection]
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes. Okay. So, it is Human Resources, line item 27030, Human Resources. An Hon. Member: Thank you.
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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My pleasure. Likewise, the Minister spoke about the impl ementation of the Principal Certification. So, my question is, I know that he is working with the Bermuda college in that space and that people are applying to be participants in the Principal Certification pr ogramme. The question that I have is, this is . . . should be compulsory for …