Education
3 VI Primaries get $20K post hurricane support
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Three Primary Schools in the Virgin Islands (VI) have been given a little extra help at the start of the new school year courtesy of the BVI Bar Association’s (BVIBA) substantial financial donations.
BAMBELELA after school initiative 'on again'
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – First District students were on Monday, September 24, 2018, prepped once again to head ‘back-to-school’ when organisers hosted another successful BAMBELELA (Never give up) after school homework/study programme at the Seven Day Adventist (SDA) Youth Center in Carrot Bay.
‘Shift system’ continues in new school year—Hon Walwyn
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - The ‘shift system’ imposed in schools following the 2017 devastation caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria, will have to continue as the 2018/2019 School-Year begins.
Schools reopen: Isabella Morris Primary remains close
WEST END, Tortola, VI - The Isabella Morris Primary School located in Carrot Bay, West End, Tortola, is not likely to be re-opened before 2019 as the government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is sill deliberating whether or not they will convert the school into a Junior High School.
VI Attorneys awarded prestigious UK 'scholarship’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islanders Ms Brittney S. Smith and Mr Hakim T. Creque, are recipients of the prestigious Chevening scholarship.
CCT brings ‘back to school’ supplies to Rainbow Children’s Home
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI - CCT (BVI) yesterday, Monday, August 20, 2018, kicked off a two-week schedule of distribution throughout the Territory with the first handout of school supplies being presented, to the children of Rainbow Children’s Home.
Hon Dame Janice Pereira DBE, to receive Honorary Degree
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Honourable Dame, Janice M. Pereira DBE, will be the third Virgin Islander to receive an honorary degree from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus.
124 students graduate from ESHS in class of 2018
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- The Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Class of 2018 walked with their heads high as the graduation ceremony was held at the Paraquita Bay Campus of the H Lavity Stoutt Community college on Tortola, yesterday July 26, 2018, under the theme ‘Overcoming the Unimaginable: Surviving the Storm.'
HLSCC insurers still to pay $10M claim
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), as a statutory body, has submitted a total claim of $10,074,057.38 to its insurers, however no settlement has been arrived at as yet.
Dream Big Group visited Mighty Scatliffe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On July 18, 2018 the Dream Big Group paid a visit to the Althea Scatliffe Primary School to share the vision of "My mind is wealthy" with students of the Sixth Grade.