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N. H. Cole Simons

1424
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7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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As the Pres ident of the BUT has said, The Minister is long on words and short on actions. And that is why we have the challenges that we have today, Mr. Speaker. He talked about, Mr. Speaker, consultation with the parents, consultation with the students. My article w as about the teachers. And the teachers feel that they have …
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, during my te nure, I did not have the problems that he currently has, Mr. Speaker. [Laughter] [Gavel] Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Point of order, Mr. Speaker! Po int of order! Point of order! [Inaudible interjections]
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I stand by my comments.
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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He is talking about work to rule. Ask him about his principals. They are still on work to rule. And you had the strike last week.
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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Cleaning up my mess?
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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He has been up here speaking! Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: I have a point of order, Mr. Speaker.
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, does consult ation mean, I am here. This is what you are going to do. I have heard you, but this is what we are going to do? A good example is that of the middle schools — Hon. Diallo V. S. Raba in: Point of order! Point of order, point of order, Mr. Speaker!
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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A good example of that is middle schools.
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I wish that Mi nister would calm down.
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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I did lose my concentration that second.
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, a number of teachers and principals have said to me, Listen. I want to do a world- class job in the delivery of the services that we provide to our young people. I have values, ideas and contributions that will increase the value of what I can do to the system. And they feel that they are not …
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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—the stakeholders along. Bring the teachers along. [Inaudible interjections ] [Gavel]
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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Bring the principals along. And listen to them! And not just promote and rush through your agenda. The issue of the middle schools and the si gnature schools . . people have said, This is a major shift in education in this country. And to have anec dotal reasons as to why it is shifting and getting rid of middle …
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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—the principals are not doing a great job in leading the middle schools. He has not Bermu da House of Assembly said what deficiencies in performance the middle schools currently have, Mr. Speaker. No! He has just said, We’re getting rid of middle schools, and we’re going to signature schools because . . . I presume he means that the …
7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly
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They went and did a vote and said, Okay. We cannot get the Minister now. So, we will go wi th the Commissioner of Education and the PS. So, again, somebody may have exerted pressure on them, Mr. Speaker. But at the end of the day, there was unrest because of the leadership, direction and decisions that were made in …
31 May 2019 House of Assembly
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On the works and engineering side, my question to the Minister is this: A few weeks ago, the Premier indicated that renovations would cost approximately $1 million. Now the Minister of Education said the renovation cost will like around $3 million. Can he substantiate the difference?
31 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Second question.
31 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Given that T. N. Tatem Mi ddle School will not be open in September, what plans does the Minister have in place for the teachers and the principal?
31 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morni ng to send co ngratulatory remarks to Ms. Maude Bassett. She cel ebrated her 100 th birthday. And I wish her all the best. I have a special affinity for her, being that my family is from Somerset and the fact that she is a retired teacher.
31 May 2019 House of Assembly
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She was the Deputy Principal at Sandys Primary School, West End and Boaz I sland.