The cost of educating a student at Warwick Academy, BHS and Saltus is about $23,000 per student per year. The cost of Governement education is more than 3 times that.

Why?

Would we not be better off getting rid of the Ministry of Education and just have the Minister and an accountant there to make sure that Saltus, BHS, Warwick Academy, MSA or BI get paid (depending on the parents’ preference for their children’s education)

Lets put the spend into perspective:

If you take the Grand Atlantic government spend and add to it to what was spent on the Grand Slam you have a lot less than what was spent on the AC.

Which got us value for money? As a country, not just you personally of course.

The OBA promised AC would be good for EVERYONE, but how, charging us to go, park, eat, show pictures of everyone smiling to the world. They spent the money and what money is coming back? Transparency, you and I will NEVER know.

What was that commercial again, I have a house , a car, a pool, a golf membership. I am in debt up to my eyeballs.

AC just dug us deeper.

You are a huge part of the problem with your , what is in it for me / me, me, me attitude.

Name ONE thing in Bermuda that was left in a better state after the PLP left when compared to before they took over.

Crime?
Education?
Economy?
Debt?
Employment?
Health?
International Business?
Local Business?
Road Conditions?
Airport?
Transportation?
Bridges?
Schools?
Buildings?
Hotel opening?
Tourism?

Help me here!!! Why should I not be afraid! You want thenmto win – Why?! Why should anyone trust that we will not see a repeat of the same! Their leadership has not changed? maybe the poster boy is new but the B Boys still run things and pull the puppet strings. Why should I not be fearful. The PLP had lots of money and did what with it? The OBA had no money in the bank and lots of debt and has done much more in three years.

Help me because I’m struggling to see what the PLP did that was soooo good! Except that is for a select few friends and family.

That would have been a good thing to do BEFORE the PLP raised the tax on doing so to a level that virtually negates it being a sensible financial decision .

And that ridiculous increase also massively jacked up the cost of living for us all as well .

Maybe your PLP will get around to implementing the Hopkin report which was commissioned by the PLP in 2007 and up until 12-2010, nothing was done with it and quietly dropped! You have the nerve to blame the OBA!

Anyway the Americas Cup was a great success for the targeted few , however at the same time , education took fourth place behind a sailboat race , loophole immigration , and Canadian airport .

They rolled over how many Education Ministers & the DOE outlasted them all. The problem of 1998 is the same as 2012 & has not changed by 2017.

Get rid of the DOE & ineffective teachers & the kids might stand a chance of learning something.

Teachers should not have to fund their classrooms as they do. For example, science teachers should not have to spend out of pocket to purchase resources to conduct experiments for 60 plus students to meet the demands of a curriculum. Students should not be disadvantaged because Teacher A has the financial means to sustain his/her classroom while Teacher B does not. All classes should be equipped equally to support the delivery of a mandated curriculum.

And despite your above claim the exam results were just as poor as they are today. Maybe funds aren’t the problem. Maybe the allocation of the funds are the problem among other factors.

I have to ask why do the private schools, who are actually cheaper per student than the public sector, do so much better.

There’s no money to spend – you spent it all already!! SMH

The PLP had 14 years of power to address the education system.

OK–I’ll play the game–education for our children is critically important–SO–what is the PLP suggesting they will do to imporve it and more importantly where will the money to do so come from.

You may recall that the PLP administration left the country saddled with a mountain of debt–This debt was NOT–repeat NOT–initiated by the OBA Administration–they have had to borrrow to service it given the terrible economic mess that this country was in 14 years ago.

So two simple questions–What will the challenger do to fix the education system and how will they pay for it. Thank you!!!

Full of it. Trade schools were talked about for years while PLP was in power. NOTHING.
School budget were slashed just the same.
Middle school were not working and fail rates reached all time highs.
Now all of a sudden you are going to fix it?
“Phase out” middle schools. We all know what that means. Too boot we’ll have a mega school that we WWAAAAYYYY overpaid for so many PLP reasons that will sit empty.
You did NOTHING in your 14yrs that you speak of now other than make Bda College free and buses free for school kids. Yep. Let’s give it all away…someone has to pay for it!

It’s hard to imagine that happening, somehow.

HAHAHAHAHA

YEAH well you HAD 14 YEARS to do SOMETHING and DIDN’T DO SH**!!!

Well Bermuda get prepared for further financial issues and more taxation because as the most recent S&P rating stated, if the deficit goes back into growth mode our credit rating will be negatively affected. So the only way not for this to happen is to increase taxes which will in turn make Bermuda that much more expensive to live.

Sounds just like the 2007 election promises of ‘free this and free that.’ They made BDA College free for awhile and then had to reverse it because they figured out nothing is free.

History is simply repeating itself. I suggest all Bermudians switch up their BMD to USD in the near future.

What is the OBA’s education policy? How does it differ from the previous policy under the PLP government?

Where will the money come from to put the said PLP actions/plans in place?

Can someone clarify or point me in the right direction to find this information?

Thanks.

So just someone huffing and puffing for points. Not even named…I wonder if it is a certain someone who is lying low.

The PLP had 14 years with education and did nothing, there was mold and lack of resources, have spoken to enough teachers to find that out.

PLP are full of air…trying to fool people for their vote… To me that is sick.