Education
School prank leaves USVI school administrator seriously injured
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— An incident that occurred on June 7, 2017 at the St Croix Educational Complex High School, US Virgin Islands (USVI), has left a school administrator, according to the Department of Education, seriously injured after being hit with a water bottle; personal electronic devices destroyed and other bystanders, some of which were visiting parents, narrowly escaping injury.
Additional school year was challenging- ESHS top student Kelliann K. Freeman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The controversial additional school year imposed by Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (AL) brought many unexpected hardships on students, parents and teachers alike; however, they have persevered under the circumstances.
Mandarin for selected primary schools in September
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Saying that the Virgin Islands cannot delay the inevitable, controversial Minister for Education and Culture Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL) has announced that two foreign languages, Mandarin and French, will be added to the curriculum for selected primary schools in the Territory from September 2017.
Be open to criticism - Zahra Corion-Durante
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- “We must be open to constructive criticism, and be willing to accept the things that may seem out of our comfort zones.” Those were words of Zahra Corion-Durante, who spoke on behalf of the students who graduated from H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) in Paraquita Bay on June 8, 2017.
Take ‘a serious look’ @ how work permits are issued- Hon Maduro-Caines
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –Sixth District Representative Honourable Alvera Maduro-Caines made a very firm representation in the Seventh Sitting of the Second Session of the Third House of Assembly (HoA) on Tuesday June 6, 2017, calling on Government to “take a serious look at how work permits are being issued” in the Virgin Islands.
Education Ministry lacks ‘vision & vocabulary’- Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Not enough is being done for education in the British Overseas Territory of the Virgin Islands and the responsible Minister, Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (AL), and government by extension seem to lack the vocabulary to speak to the rich Belongers to solicit their support. This is according to former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Sharnelle M. Leonard
French-German theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician Albert Schweitzer said the purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. For our young professional Sharnelle M. Leonard, that purpose comes in the form of teaching.
Six inmates receive certificates in Skills For Life Programme
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Six inmates at Her Majesty’s Prisons are the first cohort of a Skill for Life rehabilitative course.
Over 200 graduate from UVI on St Thomas
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— The over 200 students who graduated with a variety of degrees at UVI on the St. Thomas campus, US Virgin Islands (USVI), were just as overjoyed as their St. Croix counterparts, as they crossed one finish line during the commencement ceremony held at UVI’s Sports and Fitness Center, and ready themselves for the next journey.
Hon Walwyn & Education Ministry blasted for allegedly failing VI debaters
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - More tears are falling on the Education Ministry of the Virgin Islands (VI) with cries of failing to expend tax payers dollars in the right places.
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