Education
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.
‘Break free from the confines of your classroom's four walls’- Acting CEO to teachers
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- As the children prepare to return to school next week, teachers have been challenged to get outside of their comfort zone, by embracing new and engaging teaching methods.
Cabinet approves awarding of 25 tertiary scholarships for new academic year
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Cabinet of the VI said it has noted the national priority areas of study submitted by the Human Resources Department and the Deputy Governor’s Office in the VI, and has approved the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports’ national priority areas in keeping with the 2022 Virgin Islands Scholarship Programme Policy.
‘You can’t be a teacher & putting all your business on social media’- Dr Maurice D. Smith
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Registrar and Chief Administrative Officer of University of the West Indies (UWI) Dr Maurice D. Smith, who was the keynote speaker at the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Professional Development Day at Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) on Monday, August 28, 2023, had some blunt words of encouragement for teachers ahead of the reopening of school.
‘You can’t go to classroom looking sexy’- Dr Maurice D. Smith tells teachers
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Teachers, as well as Principals and education administrators, in the [British] Virgin Islands have been told that if the Virgin Islands is to move full S.T.E.A.M. ahead in education they must change their perspective, and this must be demonstrated in how they conduct themselves as professionals.