Reaching Amputated Spirits: Reducing the Attrition of Our Black Boys in the Bermuda Public School System through Career Technical Education

The concern of young black boys being unproductive in society continues to be an issue for many in the island of Bermuda. One of the major reasons for this dilemma is that many are leaving the Bermuda Public School System before graduating. In an effort to deter the boys from exiting out of the school "system, a pilot programme known as the Applied Technology Certificate Programme was launched at" the start of the 2016-2017 academic school "year." Through collaboration and cooperation, educators within both the Department of Education and the Bermuda College allowed 24 boys in Bermuda's two public senior schools, who expressed an interest in technical education, to participate in this dual enrollment technical programme at the Bermuda College. Using the constructivist approach, the programme is structured "to enable" the young men to attend classes three days a week at the Bermuda College and "to spend" the remaining two days at their respective senior schools. "After the first semester" of being dually enrolled at the Bermuda College, the senior school boys "demonstrated" academic "proficiency and were" inspired.