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Susan E. Jackson

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21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Only if it is referencing the primary schools, which is what I was going to ask about next.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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So we have $3 million under page B -135 for professional services and we have $2,600,000 under page B -129, for professional services. And I am just asking for clarity on which one of those is for the primary school? Because I would like to speak to the primary school.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Okay. I was on page B -135. That was the track that I was on. So rather than go back, I will just keep moving forward. So it page B -135, Head 17, Department of Education, professional services. There is an alloc ation of $3,071,000 which is a 63 per cent increase, which equates t o an increase over last …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Ah— Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: All of the education reform is covered under the professional services under the Ministry Headquarters. Ms. Susan E. Jackson: Okay. So then I would like to turn back, Mr. Chai rman, to page B -129, professional services.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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At $2,606,000, which is a 61 per cent increase of $989,000. And then my question is quite simple. I am interested in the primary school update. And I will preface by saying that the dates around the primary schools are right now, as I understand it, between 2023 and 2027. So this is not necessarily urgent and going to happen …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Well, I can read the Standing Order again, but it says that I can as k—
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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—questions on policy and services.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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My line item is in general. It is the 1702 on page B -132, student services. And I am speaking to student services, in general, with a total budget of $21,159,000.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you. My additional question, focusing on student services, is whether [there] is any plan as we enter into a full education reform to conduct a full review of student services and have this as part of the educ ation reform because . . . I guess I better frame this in a question. So does, or will, the Plan …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I will let it go.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I would now like to move to page B -139. And I would just like to speak to performance measures for a bit. So, this is the performance measures on page B -139, [line item] 1705, primary schools. The fourth objective measure indicator says that P4 to P6 students achieving targeted growth for reading. And it lists from 2020 the …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I can hear him fluently.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Point of clarification, Madam Chairman.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Actually, it is just a question. What does PAI stand for? I’m sorry. I don’t know. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Primal Academics Innov ations. If you go back to a Ministerial Statement I made way back in 2020 . . . no, 2019 I think it was. You would have been able to see me talk about …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you. The Cha irman: Proceed. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: One other question I did not see on the list. You mentioned something about an MOU with teachers in 2020. I believe . . . I am not sure where you had gotten that information from, but you are more than likely referring to discussions that were around the …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I do have a few more but I will certainly yield if there is another Member who has some questions. I am not sure if anybody . . .
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Minister, I had a question relating to page B - 134, Department of Education, section 1712, which is early childhood education. I was just curious whether there would be any plan to sort of have a thorough review or assessment of early childhood education and you know . . . I don’t want to use the word “overhaul” …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I have a couple of other questions that I can ask.
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Okay. On page B -134, which is the general summary under Head 17, Department of Educati on, I noted here that under section 1707, middle schools, all of the middle schools are listed there and there are budget allocations for all of the middle schools except for T. N. Tatem. And I was just curious, given that in September . …
21 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Oh, no. I have a couple more. [Audio feedback] Bermuda House of Assembly Ms. Susan E. Jackson: I have a question under a performance measure, and I believe it is back on page B-130. This one falls under the Ministry of Education Headquarters. At the bottom of the business unit 26000, general administration, it mentions here that there will be …