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N. H. Cole Simons

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9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Okay. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: I mentioned it in the brief. Okay.
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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And what number of scholarships do we have for academic achievement and not just based on need? I recognise that, yes, we need to help the underserved and they are entitled to support, but if we have a student that is doing exceedingly well and he has high grades, he is a high- flyer, I think we need to award …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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No, I am not going to yield, sorry. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: —I could re- read that section on that. And from the brief it says: “In 2017 a pproximately 228 applications were received from st udents requesting financial support. The Ministry funded . . . 18 Bermuda Government scholarships,” — those would be the academic scholarships, Member —
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Eighteen. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: —“comprising new and existing scholarships; 5 mature student awards; 7 teacher training awards; and 26 further education awards.”
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Okay. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: In addition, Minister Achievement Awards were “ developed and awarded to include: two Minister Achievement Awards; two Merit Scholarships, two Exceptional Student Awards; and one Technical and Vocational Award.” Does that answer that question?
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, yes. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Okay, thanks.
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Community Education, [pr ogramme] 1602, line 26110. I am delighted that we have brought community education under the umbrella of the Department of Education because the mandate was similar and it is something t hat should have occurred a while ago, and it is just a right fit and we are basically optimising the resources that we have for educating …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much. We have five and a half hours. Now I would like to go on to the topic of St udent Services, programme 1702. Obviously, this bas ically is to provide support for the diverse special needs of our student population and so our students with different learning needs. My question is this, How many special needs …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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You can respond. The other question I have is for the special needs teachers. What professional development and training programmes do we have for them? And what training programmes do we have for the paraprofessionals? Because at the end of the day the infrastructure needs the support if we are going to do a worldclass job in helping these students …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Eighty -eight, okay. Because there is so much going on. Thank you very much. So, again, my question on that one is, What type of training do we have? Is it ongoing training? And what standards are we using in regard to trai ning? Autis m Spectrum. When is the Government going to provide a designated classroom at Dame Marjorie …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Funded. Okay, funded, because that is a colossal job. That gentleman that is there now is stretched so far it is a shame, because we have so many properties, so many campuses. And I even wonder whether two is going to be enough. I would support even three because the job is colossal and, again, we have to put an …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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You did not? Okay. [Crosstalk ]
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Not on here? Okay, I will pass that. The middle schools. The Minister made it clear that there is an interes t in reviewing the efficacy of our middle schools and that he will be having di scussions with the community so that they can help craft a plan forward for our middle schools. My question to him is this, …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much for the clarification, but I will still continue. The middle school has a role to play in this community, and I understand the PLP Government is assessing the validity of the role that the middle school plays. But my question to them is this, and it is a question t hat I presented when I first …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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And so with the purchase of the property the school do es not qualify to be a mai ntained school . . . sorry, yes, it does not qualify to be an aided school. That is what I am thinking of, an ai ded school. And as an aided school it was able to have its own board of directors, …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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—I am talki ng about after school. That is what I said, after school. So I am sa ying that we should provide after school care for the students and parents of Somerset and St. George’s. Right now they are all located in the central parishes. The Minister indicated the cost of energy i ncreasing and he talked about wastage. …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Madam Chair — [Inaudible interjections ] 1580 9 March 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Chairman: Members. [Gavel]
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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We never finished it, but just because we left Government does not mean the work stops. The work will continue. The work will continue. You were the ones that said last year, Oh! Where is Part 2? You were jumping up and down sa ying we need Part 2 of the National Training Pr ogramme. Well, continue. It is your …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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On the career development side, that is [programme] 603, page [B -]148, I know that we worked with Financial Assistance. Can the Minister tell us how many Financial Assistance clients applied for career opportunities or jobs in the Depar tment of Workforce Development? And how many were successful in securing full -time positions? And for those who were not successful, …
9 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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The National Training Board has an employment arm and my question is, again, how many people ap plied to the employment arm of the National Training Board from Financial Assi stance? They have the training . . . the Outreach Pr ogramme used to have one in community affairs, that has been collapsed into National Training, and we had another …