Education
ESHS: 'Concerned teachers' allege huge income disparity between new & old staff
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) from “concerned teachers’ at the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) is that issues related to the recent ‘sit-in’ at the school also has to do with income disparity and not just working conditions.
Hon de Castro told to not answer question about teachers’ strike @ Rotary meeting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- ZBVI Radio reporter Zan Lewis, known for his blunt and hard-hitting questions at press conferences has been missing from the local media scene of late; however, he showed up at the Rotary Club of Central Tortola’s meeting at Bamboushay Restaurant and Lounge in Road Town yesterday, Thursday, September 21, 2023.
Julian Willock & Kishma P. Forbes make donation to ETPS
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, BVI - In their continued efforts to give back to District Three, former Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Mr Julian Willock and businesswoman Kishma P. Forbes of the Virgin Islands School and Office Supplies teamed up again to make a contribution.
'Gumption' pledges $150K to public schools; Doesn’t want gov’t officials involved
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- On the heel of a sit-down protest by teachers of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) over working conditions on Friday, September 15, 2023, local businessman and philanthropist Allington O. Creque aka ‘Gumption’ is pledging $150,000.00 to assist teachers, under one condition- that the money is not handled by government officials or the Chief Education Officer.
ESHS teachers stage ‘sit-in’ protest over working conditions
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On the fifth day of the new school year, teachers of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) are protesting working conditions at the school.
DYAS to relaunch VI’s youth afterschool programme in 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has announced that following a several-year hiatus, the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports (DYAS) is preparing to relaunch the Afterschool Youth Development Programme on Monday, October 2, 2023.
14 vacancies remain for public school teachers– Hon de Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has revealed that just 14 vacancies remain for teachers in the Virgin Islands for this new academic year. She said the number of teachers needed is low because the Ministry of Education has been prioritising the recruitment of teachers in the territory over the past few months.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Delbert R. Samuel
By Reuben J.A. Stoby
The male teacher is a ‘dying breed’; however, Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) and the Virgin Islands education system are still fortunate to have Delbert R. Samuel.
Keon K. August & Cedric D. King receive UK Chevening Scholarships!
MCNAMARRA, Tortola, VI- Keon K. August and Cedric D. King of the Virgin Islands have been named among the successful few of the over 60,000 applicants for the United Kingdom (UK) Chevening Scholarship Programme.
Some 60 educators hired for new school year- Hon de Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Some 60 teachers have been recruited for the new school year in the Virgin Islands (VI), Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has said.
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