Comments on: Total School Enrolment Continues To Decline

By: trufth

trufth — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:42:19 +0000

So keep un-needed employees on payroll just so they won’t be unemployed? So are we still paying the train conductor and ticket takers of our now defunct train? How about blacksmiths? Are you paying their salaries still?

By: Sandgrownan

Sandgrownan — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:06:05 +0000

Been happening for years, ever since the Burch and DREB “clearances”.

By: Question

Question — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:27:23 +0000

Typical Bermuda answer. The Min Education is run for the benefit of its taxpayer-funded staff, not for the benefit of students.

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 22:43:28 +0000

@Average Bermudian. I think your name speaks volumes. Less demand (pupils) equals less supply (teachers and admin staff). This is how it works in the real world, except in Government. It won’t be long now that the real taxpayers (private sector especially IB) will reduce their taxes (move jobs away from Bermuda). It won’t make headlines but will be death by a thousand cuts and just as painful (not enough money to pay Government workers). Maybe this is what the ex Minister of Finance has seen coming?

By: Sandgrownan

Sandgrownan — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 21:41:02 +0000

If they were good enough, they’d already be in the private schools ( most of them)

By: Average Bermudian

Average Bermudian — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 18:35:06 +0000

Ring-a-ding ??
Where will these qualified teachers go?
Take the expats positions in private schools ?
Or the brain drain option-bermudians leaving to live abroad !

Think before you speak

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 15:41:14 +0000

Here’s proof that the budget for the MoE can be decreased substantially. Less children means less teachers and more importantly much less admin staff sitting around checking forms are completed properly. Significant cost savings can be made, but being Government they will probably hire more staff.