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Revision of VI’s decade old National Youth Policy initiated – Hon deCastro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– With a decade having passed the implementation of the VI National Youth Policy, the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) says the Government has initiated the revision of the National Youth Policy.
Hon de Castro calls for more UNESCO support to advance education in VI
PARIS, France – Virgin Islands (VI) Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports, the Hon Sharie B. De Castro (AL) has delivered a statement at the 42nd General Conference of UNESCO, calling for more support to advance education in the VI.
Caribbean needs digital & balanced recovery from pandemic- VI tells UNESCO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands (VI) has called for a digital and balanced recovery in the Caribbean from the COVID-19 pandemic at a virtual dialogue on work and life in the region, organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural and Organisation (UNESCO) and the University of the West Indies (UWI) on September 9, 2021.
Continue to yearn for knowledge & joy by reading- Dr Flax-Archer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Secretary General of the BVI National Commission for the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), Dr Allison Flax- Archer, is encouraging persons to continue yearning for knowledge and joy; and reading she said is simply one avenue of doing this.
Haiti Planning Multimillion-Dollar “Craft Village” in Town of Milot
Caribbean Journal
Haiti has announced plans to construct a multimillion-dollar “Craft Village” in Milot the north of the country.
Cedar Intl. & Agape Total Life top schools’ poetry competition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Nia Douglas of Cedar International School and Jhared Jones of Agape Total Life Academy are now the proud owners of a Kindle Fire as winners of the World Poetry Day Schools Poetry Competition.
UNESCO Act of 2009 to be updated said Governor McCleary
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While delivering the speech from the throne, Governor of the Virgin Islands Mr. Boyd McCleary stated, that as a part of initiatives to be implemented or amended in the Virgin Islands, the existing United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Act of 2009 will be updated along with the introduction of a new legislation in relation to the erection of a National Library.
BVI Reading Council to host Spelling Bee
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The BVI Reading Council (BVIRC) is scheduled to hold its Spelling Bee competition on September 8, 2012 at the Cultural Center. This was revealed on the Radio Show, Umoja, aired on a local radio station on August 23, 2012.