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Education
UPDATE: Isabella Morris’ parents want emergency meeting
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – With the issue of non-communication about the mould situation at the Isabella Morris Primary School in Carrot Bay hitting the public domain, parents are now calling on the Principal, Ms Sylvia Adams and First District Representative, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie to summon parents to an emergency meeting prior to the commencement of the 2013/14 academic school year in September.
UPDATE: Small contractors urged to come together to bid for Govt contracts
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – “Small contractors or any contractors are expected to bid on these contracts for the major road asphalting and overlay over the next two and a half years or so. You have to be ready to be able to engineer, supervise, manage and build a lot of drains and other preparatory work that we have to do.”
Students get ferry tour of Sister Islands
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – More than 500 students from various schools around the Territory participated in a day tour of the Sister Islands by boat yesterday, July 26, 2013 as part of an annual summer Youth Development Programme sponsored by the Department of Youth Affairs and Sport under the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Scholars Forum & Job Fair eyed internship opps.- Kaisa Penn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The response from students of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) and a fair amount who are pursuing studies overseas was at a satisfactory level yesterday July 19, 2013 when the Department of Human Resources, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Department of Labour, staged the annual National Scholars Forum and Job Fair.
UPDATE: Hons. Walwyn & Christopher chip in big for Thea Cooke
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Bayside Rhythms member Mr Wasi Philbert has said it would be remiss of him not to applaud the partnership of Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Myron V. Walwyn and Fifth District Representative Hon. Christopher for their input in allowing teenager Thea Cooke to attend a bass camp in the United States.
Sup. Exams, CXC among topics for discussion at Education Retreat
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- When should focus begin for CXC? Should supplementary exams continue? What about giving principals more authority, what does that look like? Those are some of the questions that are being examined at a retreat organised by the Ministry of Education for principals, selected teachers and education officials today, July 8, 2013 at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, Paraquita Bay.
‘Do not be afraid of failure’ says Territory’s Top Student
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- The full-house audience at the Catholic Community Centre in Virgin Gorda on July 4, 2013, as well as graduates, listened attentively to what wise words of advice they could probably take away from this year’s top student at the National School Leaving Examination (NSLE), Mr Shea O.S. Alexander. The advice was one of determination and overcoming failure in order to reap success in the long run.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Caave K. Stoutt
By Cathy Richards
He loves it when his students call him daddy. When he looks into their tiny eyes, listens to their silent voices, clicks a finger to bring them to focus on what’s happening in class, when he has to take a little extra time with some and less time with others, he is convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that his calling is to be in a classroom teaching music and to have that as his lifelong profession.
Aged 13 & over failing Pr. 5 Exams will advance to high schools- Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Beginning next school year, students aged 13 and older not successful in their Primary Five Exams will be allowed to move on to high school where they will be placed in an intensive remedial programme. This is according to Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Myron V. Walwyn, who made the announcement during his remarks at the Althea Scatliffe Primary School (ASPS) graduation ceremony at Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall on July 3, 2013.
Willard Wheatley Pr. sends off 26 Grade 5 students
EAST END/LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI – The high standards it held in the past continue today as the Willard Wheatley Primary School boasts of having a number of the Territory’s top students at the 2013 National Grade Five Examinations. Those students were among all the others who were gracefully sent off to a higher level of learning at the school’s graduation exercise at the East End/Long Look Community Centre yesterday July 2, 2013.
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