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September 4th, 2012
We are destroying each other with blogs – Hon. Walwyn

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – During the Other Business segment of yesterday’s September 3, 2012 first sitting of the Second Session of the Second House of Assembly, Minister for Education and Culture Myron V. Walwyn once more expressed grave concern about the way online news sites represented the information that was gathered.

August 30th, 2012
“Maybe it’s time” said the Minister for Education

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With his mind focused on the future of the Virgin Islands, and the direction in which the territory should be heading, Minister for Education in the Virgin Islands Hon. Myron V. Walwyn, while making suggestions, said maybe it’s time for them to be implemented.

August 27th, 2012
Current grading standards to be raised: Hon. Walwyn

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With just a week left before schools re-open, Minister for Education and Culture, Hon. Myron Walwyn met with teachers of the Virgin Islands and briefed them on some of the changes and additions that will be initiated in the upcoming school year.

August 15th, 2012
Hon. Walwyn - Secondary Teachers to be (re)trained to accommodate CXC

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As a result of decisions finally being made on the terms of introducing Caribbean Examination Counsel (CXC) in the Virgin Islands (VI), Hon. Myron V. Walwyn recently announced, that in the near future all existing secondary teachers would be trained or retrained to manage the preparations of students to write Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) exams.

June 4th, 2012
VI History curriculum needs improvement - Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Many people around the Caribbean including students and teachers alike, when speaking on the topic of ‘Black History’ or History in general, often refer only to the fact that the Tainos and Kalinagos were once inhabitants here, along with details about producing Sugar Cane and having an ancestral background unforgettably linked to slavery.

May 26th, 2012
Public to weigh in on having CXC as benchmark secondary examination

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Territory will have the opportunity to weigh the benefits of having the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) become the mandatory benchmark secondary examination during a series of public consultations with CXC officials to be held next week.

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