Bermuda cuts teaching jobs

Bermuda’s Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith has confirmed that 97 teachers have been sacked from Bermuda’s public schools.



Disclosing the full extent of the cuts, Dame Jennifer told the House of Assembly yesterday that the job cuts included 30 para-professionals on one-year contracts, 12 unqualified and unregistered staff, and nine Bermudian teachers on temporary assignments or one-year contracts.



A total of 20 posts have also been eliminated at the Berkeley Institute and 26 posts at CedarBridge Academy.



In her ministerial statement, Dame Jennifer, said the education of the children is serious business and ensuring that the public maintains and gains confidence in the public system is equally important.



Dame Jennifer however insisted that classrooms will not be left bereft as pre-schools, primary, middle and senior schools had good teacher student ratios.