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N. H. Cole Simons

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13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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And we talk about Office A ccommodations, so, what is the annual rent for the office and the annual office maintenance costs? I am moving on to business unit 27040, Ed ucational Stores. The Minister has spoken to this. I noted last year he said the team was completing an ana lysis of the operational stores for efficiencies and he …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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So, the Bermuda College, I think, has 500- and-something students and my question is, given there is a shift for online education, online learning, I remember in the annual report that, if I can remember correctly, there were about three or four employees addressing online learning at the inst itution. Have we seen a growth in applicants? What type of …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Based on the coronavirus they probably will not have much choice, so there may be a demand for more of these services, given the circumstances that we find ourselves in today. And I was wondering if we can somehow boost that offering to address the challenges that we have today? B ecause, at some point, as I said earlier with …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Burch. [Almost] $7 million in insurance, and I remember raising it before, is it not time for us . . . and that would be a good project for the college, to look into the feasibility of having a Bermuda captive so that we can have a more efficient programme in regard to our cost of insurance. Because we have …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes. And so, I would suggest that the College take that on as an initiative, so much confidence I have in them. There are enough Berm udians . . . and, in fact, the Chairman of the Foundation is an insurance specialist.
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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And so, there is no reason why the college cannot take that initiative on. [Inaudible interjection]
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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It is. [Inaudible interjection]
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay, how much did the College pay in financial assistance in 2019? And how many students took advantage of the programme? So, these are, I presume, the students that were elig ible for part of the $300,000 but they still did not have enough money to cover the cost of receiving educ ation at the college. So, how much did …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Well, you can give it to me if you have it . Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: [It was] $207,000.
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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So, to date, the Foundation has raised $207,000 and that is about six months into the programme. I think it is six months. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Two months.
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Two months? But it seems like it was six months ago that I went to the launch party. 3726 13 March 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly An. Hon. Member: That is a pretty good return for two months —
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes. What is the annual cost . . . the projected cost of running the Foundation? Because I used to play in this space in the charitable/philanthropic area, and I think there was a cost, basically, of approximately 20 per cent of revenues would go to the institution . . . sorry, the people raising the funds and managing the …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay, we spoke to the five - year strategic plan and I asked about . . . the Minister will make a commitment to table that and that will be addressed. I know the first phase of the plan cost approximately $150,000, which included the rebranding. How much a re we allotting for Phase 2 of the strategic plan? Last …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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It was in the brief? Okay, well, you can refresh me, I do not remember it. Madam Chairman, that is all I have at this time. Thank you.
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: It was listed there. And I am just going to go through the various questions that were asked, sticking with the Bermuda College. I know, for the listening public, I did tell the Shadow Minister, the Foundation has raised $207,000 in its two months in existence. An. Hon. Member: That’s pretty good. Hon. …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I am connected. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Yes, he is well connected. And, as we know, our Code of Conduct has not been reformed since 2004 . . . 2003, and it is something that has been recognised— as a matter of fact, it is not just our Code of Conduct, Cole, a lot of our processes have been …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Can I ask a follow -up? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Sure, sure.
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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So, what I just heard is, bas ically, the transactional issues being addressed in the data management space. My bigger question is: Do we have an overarching data management plan and data management strategy? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: The short answer to that is yes. Another question that the Shadow Minister asked was the number of teachers in the …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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No, I got it. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Okay, okay. We [were asked about the] cost of courses. Tuition is based on the number of credits and c urrently the rate is a per credit hour of $155 per credit hour. And PACE charges by the programme or the course. So, you pay one price and you do the …
13 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, I have a couple of questions that have not been addressed that I think are crucial —the health and safety protocols, the fire drill issue—I would like to get some answers there. And I also would like to get some answers in regard to the redeployment of staff and teachers at the T. N. Tatem School. What has happened …