Education
EXCLUSIVE: Foot targeting overseas training for local PO
BALSUM GHUT, Tortola, VI – Superintendent of Prisons Mr David Foot said giving the staff the confidence to do their best at Her Majesty’s prisons is the greatest challenge.
St Georges Primary stages science fair
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Schools in both the private and public sectors were encouraged to participate in the observances of Education Week which concluded on Saturday March 15, 2014 and this encouragement was certainly heeded by the students and teachers of the St Georges Primary School.
Edu. Minister urges awardees to be ambassadors
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Myron V. Walwyn challenged recipients of the Virgin Islands Emerging Fellows award to take note of the investments being made by the community in helping to make them a success and urged others to find opportunities to advance their goals as well.
Xbox, iPad will grow old; education wouldn’t – Hon Myron V. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn has pleaded with parents to set the education of their children as priority even if this means curbing the purchasing of the gadgets of the day and the latest brands of clothing.
Edu. system faced with ‘fierce urgency of Now’ – Hon Myron V. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The observances for Education week 2014 kicked off yesterday afternoon March 9, 2014 with the Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn quoting a phrase from the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ‘The fierce urgency of Now’.
‘Stars in Education’ highlight in Education week 2014
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Stars in the education system of the Virgin Islands will be one of the main highlights in the observations of Education Week 2014.
AOG Cornerstone wins Primary level Spelling Bee
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Assemblies of God Cornerstone School (AGCS) emerged victorious in the finals of the 2014 Inter-school Spelling Bee Contest last evening, March 4, 2014 at the Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall.
High School teachers not ready – resident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As debate continues to flow on a proposal by government on the introduction of an additional school year at the Territory’s High Schools, one resident has taken a swipe at teachers.
Host of changes proposed for Technical School
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A host of changes have been proposed for the soon to be revamped BVI Technical and Vocational Institute that, among other things, seek to better prepare students for the job market in the Virgin Islands.
Month-long exhibition on Virgin Islands writings launched
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Tourist Board of the Virgin Islands together with the Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum yesterday February 6, 2014 opened an exhibition featuring the works of VI writers and poets over the past decades as the importance of preserving the Territory’s life and culture through writing was underscored.
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