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Susan E. Jackson

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21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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327 words
Sorry. 132. Let me make a note so I don’t say it again. Tracking. There has been, I believe, a mov ement of wanting to implement and establish tracking within our school system. And according to the Plan 2022, which I think says it very well, this is that each student has a new and individualised pathway where we are …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, very much. And yes, we have a new way of thinking. I have to stay on my path. I have [the] written Standing Orders that say I can speak to policy, services or f inancial matters within this debate, so I am exer cising that in order to reveal a full understanding of where we are going. The …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, I did. I am actually referring to Standing Order 40. It is on page 54. And I am looking at number 11. The final paragraph in number 11 says, “ The debate on that question may include any detail under that Head, provided that any such debate shall be confined to the policy of the service for which the …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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And no, it may not have been the practice but at some point we have different ways of approaching the situation. And as I mentioned, I would like to take advantage of that item within the Standing Order in order to gain a full understanding of our education reform.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to turn to page B -132, staff development, 27031. And again, I am not absolutely sure, but here it is , it is allocated at $692,000. My question, and the reason I am asking this under staff development is because I have a few training ques tions. So I am wanting to ask …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Not at all. Okay. My question here is just one, but it is based on the Plan 2022. There was discussion about hiring a professional development officer and I did not pick it up within the brief. And I am just curious if the Minister might be able to give an update on the recruitment of a professional development officer. …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I turned over ever so briefly to the employee numbers. It is the last line on page B -136. And it is sti ll the same line item, 27160, substitute teachers.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you. And my question to the Minister is whether this increase in the number of substitute teachers will give some comfort to the c oncerns that some of the teachers had, not only in being able to have a healthy number of substitutes to call on at the times when teachers are not available, but also whether this means …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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We are still on page B -132, Head 17, Department of Education. This is the summer programme. I noticed here that there is $18,000 allocated to the summer programme. And in previous years and the Budget Book shows back to 2020/21 that $242,000 went towards summer programmes and this year it is $18,000. I am wondering if the Minister might …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am still on page B -132. And, again, I am not sure which line item, but they are both on page B -132. I am still on Head 17, Department of Education, line 27050. I am going to try the IT support. The Minister . . . 27050—
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I am just looking. So, there is an allocation of $2,591,000. That is [an increase of] $206,000 f or this year. The Minister did confirm that students now have their computer devices, the Chromebooks and other electronic devices in order to assist. But I am curious about within the classroom and the school setting itself and what has been done …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Hold on one second. It might be . . . I’m sorry, it is page B -134. I have missed each number on my notes here for the page numbers. So page B -134. And it is line item 27520.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes. There we have a bud get of $1,538,000. And I believe that what I am about to speak to also correlates with page C -18. The Minister can correct me if I am wrong. But on page C -18 and the Department of Education grants, which is $27,421,000. I am not sur e whether either one of the other …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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And I am doing my best, but as much as I am asking different questions, Mr. Chairman, I am also realising that as I was going through my notes that we in the . . . the move toward education reform, we are finding that there are new Bermuda House of Assembly and different costs that are out there, and …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Sorry. I am just referring to my notes, Mr. Chairman, and seeing w hether I can rephrase my question so that it goes to a specific cost.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I am going to stick with 27520, design, development and implementation on page B -134 and the allocation of funds of $1, 538,000, to ask [about] the costs involved with the various in itiatives that are taking place in preparation for the i ntroduction of the signature programmes in September, and any costs that will be involved of the rollout …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I am just having a look to see. So I have to ask the Minister, where would I find that? Is it . . . because it is not under grants. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: [It] is under Ministry Headquarters, in the brief when I spoke to how much money we have allocated toward the professional ser-vices. We spoke …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you. So I will just change that to the professional servi ces. My question doesn’t change, Minister, but I certainly will make note of where the funds are being held. Minister, just before we go on, Mr. Chairman, does that include the Parish Primary school as well as the signature programmes? Do they all come under professional services? Hon. …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Okay. So what is the professional services under the Department of Education on page B -135 for $3 million? 1080 21 March 2022 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Chairman: Member, do you want that answer now or —