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Education Ministry officially rolls out ‘Let’s Teach VI’ initiative
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Education, Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has officially announced the launch of the 'Let’s Teach VI' initiative, designed to support and train new, unskilled and inexperienced hires in the field of education.
Ky'Onte Joseph awarded 22nd Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship
ZION HILL, Tortola, VI - Listing his hobbies as playing basketball and soccer, and having a future desire to own a local trucking company, 11-year-old Ky'Onte Joseph of Cane Garden Bay, Tortola, in the Virgin Islands (VI) is the 22nd recipient of the Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship 2023.
177 resilient students graduate from ESHS
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - 177 students graduated from Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) in a ceremony at Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Road Town, Tortola on June 22, 2023.
Gov’t will do what’s necessary to make teaching attractive again– Hon deCastro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Honourable Sharie B. deCastro (AL) says, in recognising that the teaching profession is no longer an attractive career, the government will do what is necessary to make it attractive again.
‘Extremely alarming’ the number of new teachers needed by Sept 2023– Hon deCastro
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– The Education Ministry in the Virgin Islands (VI) is grappling to retain teachers in a scenario described as ‘extremely alarming’ by Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Honourable Sharie B. deCastro (AL).
Education Minister ‘saddened’ by school dorm fire in Guyana
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) says she is saddened by the news of the recent fire in Guyana that claimed the lives of 19 children.
Significant funding pledged for US Territories: Health & Education to benefit
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. John, USVI - The US Virgin Islands, along with other Insular Areas, will benefit from a generous funding allocation as the US Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs announced on Monday, May 23, 2023, in grants to the tune of $4,279,808 for the fiscal year 2023.
Education World Forum has widened vision to re-imagine sector in VI– Hon de Castro
LONDON, UK – Virgin Islands (VI) Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Honourable, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has said Day 2 of the Education World Forum in the United Kingdom has energised her delegation, as well as bolstered and widened their vision to re-imagine education in the [British] Virgin Islands.
HLSCC announces winners of Stingray Showcase 2023
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - A number of students were announced as winners of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) Stingray Showcase of technology and culinary projects ahead of their official graduation scheduled for next month.
Students receive Trinity Term motivational speech from Kevin C. Smith
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Party (VIP) candidate for the Third Electoral District, in the 2023 General Elections Mr Kevin C. Smith aka OJ, despite an unsuccessful attempt at winning a seat in the House, this morning May 1, 2023, took some timeout to deliver a motivational speech to a group of local primary school students.
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