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Education

July 3rd, 2013
Education Minister advises against listening to rumours

DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Education Minister Hon. Myron V. Walwyn, in surprise guest remarks, urged parents, teachers and students alike not to listen to rumours that Principal, Mrs Sybil Hodge, was leaving the Ebenezer Thomas Primary School.

July 2nd, 2013
Hon. Walwyn putting cart before the horse - Parent

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Ministry of Education has publicly announced more than once that come September 2013 it will be testing the Board of Directors system at some government schools across the Territory. This has been met with mixed reaction by parents, teachers and principals of the schools.

June 28th, 2013
St George’s School sacks principal!

PALESTINA ESTATE, Tortola, VI – The academic year 2012-2013 has reportedly seen the worst performance in the history of the St. George’s School and come the start of the 2013/2014 academic year there will be a new administrative line-up as the Board of Directors has sacked the existing principal.

June 28th, 2013
‘It is not an easy road’, ESHS graduates told

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – To have walked out of the Mulit-Purpose Sports Complex of the Virgin Islands on June 27, 2013 without being inspired would have been an injustice to oneself after hearing one of the most heart touching and inspirational keynote addresses given by Ms Arliene T. Penn.

June 26th, 2013
TVET students urged to work hard after graduation

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – Seventeen students graduated from the 2013 Class of the Technical and Vocational Educational Training (TVET) Programme at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) yesterday, June 25, 2013.

June 26th, 2013
Britney Wattley crosses academic finish line at Morgan State!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One of the Virgin Islands well known overseas college athletes, Britney Wattley, finished an important race in her life when she graduated from Morgan State University recently.

June 22nd, 2013
St George’s takes top 3 positions in Primary 5 Exams

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Students of the St George’s Primary School have again done the school proud at the National Primary Five Examinations, claiming the top three spots for the Territory. Six of the students also feature in the top twenty.

June 16th, 2013
UPDATE: Bregado Flax’s Shea Alexander tops Territory @ NSLE

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - Shea O.S. Alexander of the Bregado Flax Educational Centre has emerged the top student for the 2013 National School Leaving Examination.

June 14th, 2013
Territory facing difficult moments; Pray for Premier- Hon. Pickering

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - On the occasion of the 20th Graduation of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) on June 13, 2013, a sombre atmosphere loomed with mentions of the state of the Virgin Islands financial services industry.

June 14th, 2013
UWI’s Sir Frank Worrell Blood Donor Memorial Committee celebrates World Blood Donor Day June 14, 2013

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Blood donation, its “Myths, Facts and Benefits” were the main topics of discussion to highlight “World Blood Donor Day” during the talk show “UMOJA” last evening, June 13, 2013.

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