A new era of education in Bermuda

young people into Signature Schools to undertake Signature Learning Programmes.

On the first day of school, the community rallied alongside our incoming S1 students and clapped as they entered The Berkeley Institute and CedarBridge Academy to undertake studies in Health and Social Care, Financial and Insurance Services, STEM, and Trades and Professions.

In September 2023, we will see further expansion with the opening of our first two Parish Primary Schools at Purvis Primary in Warwick Parish and Francis Patton Primary and Lyceum Preschool in Hamilton Parish.

In September 2017, the Government committed to transforming public education so that each and every public school student would receive a highquality public education.

As we welcome all of the possibilities that 2023 will bring, I am delighted to share that 2022 marked the start of a new era of education in Bermuda.

Despite the onset of COVID-19 and the challenges it brought to our education system, we witnessed community building and perseverance amongst our students and their families, educators, and school support staff.

The Ministry of Education continued to focus on our children and our future by moving forward with our Education Reform agenda.

In September 2022, we celebrated a new chapter in Education Reform as we welcomed the first cohort of

As we continue to move forward with Education Reform, I am delighted that our promise to the children, families, and broader community, is being supported by our powerful vision for learning.

We will continue the work to help our children follow their passions and interests, build on their talents and capabilities, and achieve their career and further aspirations: creating schools and a school system where each and every child has great learning outcomes and life opportunities — for them, for our economy and the future of our nation.

The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP Minister of Education