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N. H. Cole Simons

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5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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I will do that next.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Okay. Mr. Speaker, in 2016, approximately 50 per cent of the graduating class of secondary school students had acceptance letters Bermuda House of Assembly and went off to overseas universities and colleges. In 2018, approximately 39 per cent of the Berkeley st udents had university acceptances overseas. In 2019, when you combine the CedarBridge graduates and the Berkeley graduates, approximately …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Yes. In his Statement, he spoke of the number of students who will be attending overseas universities in the fall. My question to him was, What percentage of our graduating secondary school class actually r eceived acceptance letters from the universities and colleges overseas?
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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No. How many of all the graduates received acceptance letters? Because some of them may have rejected and decided not to go.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Right. Exactly.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Supplementary. As I said earlier in my opening remarks, the number of students in 2016 who attended universities overseas went from about 50 [per cent] to 55 per cent. In 2019, that number is [now] at approximately 25 per cent. Can t he Minister provide information on strategies that his Ministry and the high schools will put in place to …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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A point of order, Mr. Speaker. Point of order.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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That Minister is misleading the House. 1952 5 July 2019 Official Hansard Report B ermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Clarification. You have a clarification. Put your question. Clarify your point. Clarify your point. POINT OF ORDER [Misleading]
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I said the point of order because the Minister is misleading the House. I have never dismissed the contributions of Bermuda College— ever.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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I was just asking a question.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Well, Mr. Speaker, I understand what you are saying. I did some research on this. And I have read a statement that was produced by a former Education Minister prior to my time. And he was able to quantify the number of students who received acceptance letters during his tenure.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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I’m fine.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to associate myself with the comments made by the Minister of Education in regards to the graduating classes of 2019, the pr imary schools, the middle schools and senior schools. When it comes to the senior schools, I would like to recognise those students who were enrolled in the Dual Enrolment …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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And you were a humble servant and made a contribution to more people than you can imagine. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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I was looking to see if an ybody else was —
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, we have been through this exercise a few times before. In prepar ation for this debate, I can reveal , as you remember, we had the Civil Service Review report of 1999 that was sanctioned by the then Premier Jennifer Smith. And, again, her mandate was to realise eff iciencies within government, and to make sure that the …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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—for efficiencies and effectiveness. And, Mr. Speaker, that is where the leadership comes, that is where, I believe, the responsibility should lie with the Head of the Civil Service to ensure that the directors and the PSs basically ensure that the risks within their ministries are well managed and that the procedures are there to ensure efficiency and that best …
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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So, Mr. Speaker, those are my comments —
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Those are my comments, Mr. Speaker. As I said, I think it is a step in the [right] d irection, but a lot more needs to be done if we are s erious about getting to the root of the problem and ensuring that these efficiencies are sustainable for the long run. Bermuda House of Assembly [Inaudible interjections]
5 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Again, Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank you for allowing me this time to make my contribution.