Education
UPDATE: Isabella Morris students relocated despite parents' concerns
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI – Despite troubling reports made earlier about the relocation of Isabella Morris Primary School students to a new location, the students and teachers have since been settled at the Cane Garden Bay Community Centre today, May 13, 2013.
'Doug' Wheatley appalled at plans to fit schools with AC units
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Social commentator and radio host Douglas Wheatley expressed his displeasure at plans to place air condition units at schools throughout the Territory and believed that the this may have contributed to the current mould situation at the Isabella Morris Primary School in Carrot Bay.
Pull back Wilson's contract & construct new school– Hon Fahie
CARROT BAY, Torotla, VI - First District Representative Honourable Andrew A. Fahie received a loud round of applause yesterday May 9, 2013 when he challenged Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn to get some contracts pulled back to facilitate the funding of the construction of a new building to house the Isabella Morris Primary School in Carrot Bay.
Over 36 students, several teachers reportedly treated for mould infections
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – It was a morning of high emotion, tears and tension at the Isabella Morris Primary School in Carrot Bay when the Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Myron V. Walwyn called an emergency meeting with teachers, parents and the school’s administration with the intention of agreeing on temporarily relocating students and teachers affected by mould, which is being blamed for a wave of health complications at the school.
Parents, Teachers & Students upset over ongoing school mould issues!
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI- A story first and accurately reported by this news site on April 23, 2013 about the mould situation at the Isabella Morris Primary School located in Carrot Bay on the main island of Tortola, seems to have not gone away.
UPDATE: More questions surface on overspending on teachers' gala
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - More evidence has started to come to the fore and which supports the claim of the exorbitant overspending of the nation’s financial resources on a single event by the Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn.
Principals outraged over Primary V rules change 1 day before exam!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some three Primary School Principals from public elementary schools, speaking exclusively to Virgin Islands News Online on condition of anonymity and fearful of victimisation, expressed their concerns about the fairness of a Department of Education circular of April 30, 2013.
Special exam for differently-abled students this year – Hon. Walwyn
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Myron V. Walwyn has announced that a specially modified exam would be introduced to meet the needs of differently-abled students within the Territory’ school system.
Honour Roll cultivating positive competition at St. George's School
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – The spirit of positive competition at the St George’s School– Secondary Division is taking on its intended objective of motivating students to maintain high grades through it Honour Roll Programme and Principal’s List.
The 'other side of VI history' is now up for sale
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The wealth of any nation’s history lies in the memories of those who would have lived it. In many cases those memories are recorded but equally there are aspects that fail to make it in black and white. The graves of many carry these stories with them but unfortunately they cannot be heard, cannot be told nor can they be read.
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