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Education

September 12th, 2025
Claude A. Kettle appointed Acting PS in Education Ministry

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands has confirmed the appointment of Mr Claude A. Kettle as Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs, and Sports, effective July 1, 2025.

September 11th, 2025
All public schools will be outfitted with AC units in 'phased approach'- Orlandette R. Crabbe

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- All government schools in the territory will have air conditioning units installed.

September 11th, 2025
Plans still alive for Isabella Morris Primary School to be rebuilt- Hon Sharie B. de Castro

CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – The Minister for Education, Youth Affairs, and Sports, Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL), has announced that Isabella Morris Primary School in Carrot Bay is one of the priority schools damaged by Hurricane Irma that the Ministry of Education plans to rebuild in the future.

September 10th, 2025
BVI SDA School ‘Besties’ emerge as VI’s top students @ CSEC 2025

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Best friends and Valedictorian and Salutatorian, respectively, of the BVI Seventh-day Adventist School, Jene J.M. Barnwell and Nickalah S. Tyson had even more reasons to cheer when it was disclosed that they had topped the territory at the 2025 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

September 10th, 2025
New Associate's Degree programme coming for law enforcement officers

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As a series of measures is being taken by the government to address the issues of crime within the Virgin Islands society, a new initiative is being launched through the Virgin Islands Public Service Learning Institute.

September 10th, 2025
VISTS receives $2.8K donation from Adult Spelling Bee

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands School of Technical Studies (VISTS) has received a generous donation of $2800.00 from the Adult Spelling Bee held last month.

September 6th, 2025
Applications open for inaugural BVI Emerging Writers’ Fellowship

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Young aspiring writers from the Virgin Islands now have the opportunity to apply for the BVI Emerging Writers’ Fellowship.

September 4th, 2025
Back-to-Schools 'should be about bringing community together'- Hon Vincent O. Wheatley

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- While commending the former Speaker of the House of Assembly, Julian Willock, and his Third District Committee for their back-to-school initiative on August 31, 2025, Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) said the event at Valerie O. Thomas Community Centre was an example of what it should be about- bringing the community together.

September 3rd, 2025
‘You have the power to change the world’- Sonjah S. Smith to D3 students

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Students attending the Back-to-School Giveaways at Valerie O. Thomas Community Centre in Sea Cows Bay on August 31, 2025, apart from receiving school supplies, were further equipped with the necessary motivation to stay in school and live up to their potential by local attorney Sonjah S. Smith.

September 2nd, 2025
‘It’s a novel idea!’- Hon Fraser endorses Willock’s back-to-school initiative

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- It may not have scored any political points for him, but Third District Representative and Deputy Premier Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) did not shy away from singing praises on former Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Mr Julian Willock for his annual Back-to-School Giveaways at Valerie O. Thomas Community Centre in Sea Cows Bay, Tortola on Sunday, August 31, 2025.

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