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A UK expert is launching a study into why there has been an increase in the number of children with special educational needs in Gibraltar. NHS public health registrar Una Geary will start work on the study in February alongside GHA Director of Public Health Dr Helen Carter. It follows on from figures supplied by the Department of Education that …

PRIMARY school children at the Hebrew School in Gibraltar learned about mathematics, coding and robotics during a STEM project recently. Year 6 children used a programmable robot called Sphero Bolts they drove and coded from an iPad as part of the exercise. They worked in pairs and teams to design and build mazes for the Sphero Bolt and then guided …

MINISTER for Equality Christian Santos said ‘key values of social justice and social inclusion’ are important for Gibraltar’s new teachers. The minister urged current PGCE students to focus on disability and gender equality at the University of Gibraltar. Government workers gave the teaching hopefuls a full day’s training on ‘key equality issues’ the government said, as the local PGCE firms …

A PAIR of young people from Gibraltar have made their names for themselves with 3D scanning which they then want to use to highlight Gibraltar’s modernity and innovation. Local young people James Barton and Jarod Vassallo met with Minister for Trade and Industry Nigel Feetham to show him just what they could do. They used the state-of-the-art equipment to scan …

TEACHERS at Gibraltar’s two secondary schools have given students the chance to catch, clean, cook and serve their own fish as part of their studies. Local fishing expert Lee Torres took the teens out to Gibraltar’s waters to live the thrill of dropping their lines into the water to reel in their own Albacore fish. Students then took the fishes …

A NEW course at Gibraltar college hopes to propel young people interested in developing multiplayer video games into the fast-growing global industry. The first batch of students on the Esports course started learning the skills needed to succeed in September 2023, giving them a chance to carve out a career even if they are not successful at academic level. The …