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Education

September 8th, 2020
No option for ‘homeschooling’ at this time- Dr the Hon Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has warned that children who are learning from home for the rest of the year must still be enrolled in a local learning institution and not be strictly homeschooled.

September 6th, 2020
Radiance Donovan wins Rotary’s Summer Reading Challenge

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The winners of the Rotary Club Sunrise of Road Town’s Summer Reading Challenge have been announced, following the prize drawing on August 31, 2020.

August 25th, 2020
No 'face to face' schooling for remainder of year- Dr the Hon Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Online schooling will continue for the rest of the year 2020, Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr The Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) announced via a live broadcast on the Government of the Virgin Islands’ Facebook page minutes ago, Tuesday, August 25, 2020.

August 11th, 2020
36 graduate from BVI Seventh-day Adventist School

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Known for consistently producing top students in the Territory, the BVI Seventh-day Adventist School-Secondary Division bid farewell to 36 (10 boys and 26 girls) of its senior students at its 2020 Graduation Ceremony held at the school in Sea Cows Bay on Sunday, August 9, 2020.

August 10th, 2020
HireBVI to host drive thru 'Back to School Distribution' exercise

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- This year HireBVI will host its annual Back to School Distribution Drive on Saturday, August 29, 2020, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at the Althea Scatliffe Primary School grounds on Tortola.

August 7th, 2020
ESHS Valedictorian: 'It felt like my senior year had been totally stripped away’

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Alexia M. Penn, the Valedictorian of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) 2020 graduating class, has described her final years of secondary school as a roller-coaster ride.

August 7th, 2020
Gov't has plan to re-open schools by Sept 21, 2020 - Dr Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said Government has a plan to re-open school by September 21, 2020; however, that plan has not been shared with the public as it is dependent on Cabinet's approval.

August 2nd, 2020
Schools unlikely to physically reopen in September due to latest COVID-19 measures

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Students and teachers who were looking forward to physically returning to school in September 2020 may have to continue in their online space, until November 2020 at least.

August 1st, 2020
Marianna Rose awarded 19th Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship

ZION HILL, Tortola, VI - Listing her hobbies as basketball and reading, Marianna Rose of Towers, West End, is now the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship (IDMS).

July 30th, 2020
ESHS 2020 graduation abruptly postponed! Was Minister Snubbed? Not advised?

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our news desk is that the 2020 Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) graduation exercise scheduled for today, Thursday, July 30, 2020 was rescheduled.

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