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Classes Begin At All Public Schools On Tuesday, January 8
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Ministry of Education and Culture is informing the public that classes commence at all public schools on Tuesday, January 8.
Scholarship Unit overspends budget by $800k – ME&C report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Scholarship Unit of the Ministry of Education & Culture (ME&C) overspent their budgeted allocations for Scholarships Abroad by over $800,000 during last year in order to meet their commitment to students.
“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.
Minister to bridge gap between education officials & teachers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Expressing his awareness of the evident distance in communication between education officials situated in the Administration Complex and the teachers in the schools, Minister for Education and Culture, Hon. Myron V. Walwyn announced that, for the upcoming new school term/year, he is committed to bridging that gap.
Controversy looms over selection of schools’ top students
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the excitement of graduation throughout the Territory comes to an end, the selection criteria for Valedictorian and Salutatorian at some of the Territory’s public primary schools came into question where at least one top student of her school in the Primary Five examination did not earn the right to be Valedictorian nor Salutatorian due to a “special criteria” that has been implemented by her school.
Peers see young offenders as “heroes” – Elmore Stoutt
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Young offenders slide down a dangerous path because their peers continue to stroke their egos and look up to them as heroes, announced Truancy Officer Elmore Stoutt at a conference that was held on June 8, 2012.
Althea Scatliffe Primary still awaits fix to leaking roofs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With some four classrooms affected whenever there is a heavy downpour due to leaking roofs, the elementary school with the largest intake of students in the Territory, Althea Scatliffe Primary, is hoping that the problem would be addressed soon.
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