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UPDATE: High school teachers laud FS training

- said they are now better prepared to teach the subject to their students
A number of high school teachers in the territory have benefitted from an intense one week course on teaching of financial services in high school and they now believe they are much more prepared to deliver on the subject. Photo: VINO
Speaking to this news site, some of the participants shared their experiences and said that they feel enthused to get back to the classroom and deliver on the subject which they admitted posed a challenge for them before the training. Photo: VINO
Speaking to this news site, some of the participants shared their experiences and said that they feel enthused to get back to the classroom and deliver on the subject which they admitted posed a challenge for them before the training. Photo: VINO
First Lady Mrs Lorna G. Smith told the teachers to make the most of the training in financial services. Photo: VINO
First Lady Mrs Lorna G. Smith told the teachers to make the most of the training in financial services. Photo: VINO
Speaking at the launch of the training, Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn said, “Mr Krishnan approached me from the Financial Services Institute to see how he could help us to make sure that we are doing a good job in the delivery of the financial services subject to the school.” Photo: VINO
Speaking at the launch of the training, Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn said, “Mr Krishnan approached me from the Financial Services Institute to see how he could help us to make sure that we are doing a good job in the delivery of the financial services subject to the school.” Photo: VINO
Mr Rajasegaran Krishnan, Director of the Financial Services Institute, will be conducting the training. Photo: VINO
Mr Rajasegaran Krishnan, Director of the Financial Services Institute, will be conducting the training. Photo: VINO
Some of the teachers taking part in the training in financial services at the Learning Resource Centre of the Elmore Stoutt High School. Photo: VINO
Some of the teachers taking part in the training in financial services at the Learning Resource Centre of the Elmore Stoutt High School. Photo: VINO
More of the training session's participants. Photo: VINO
More of the training session's participants. Photo: VINO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A number of high school teachers in the territory have benefited from an intense one-week course on teaching of financial services in high schools and they now believe they are much more prepared to deliver on the subject.

The training took place in the Learning Resource Centre of the Elmore Stoutt High School and had commenced on March 23, 2015 under the guidance of Mr Rajasegaran Krishnan, an expert on the subject from Malaysia.

About 25 teachers from the Elmore Stoutt High School, the Bregado Flax Educational Centre- Secondary Division, the Claudia Creque Educational Centre, the Virgin Islands School of Technical Studies and the private Secondary Schools were involved in the training.

Speaking to this news site, some of the participants shared their experiences and said they feel ready to get back to the classroom and deliver on the subject which they admitted posed a challenge for them prior to the training.

Colleen Scatliffe-Edwards said the training was a necessity for her. “It is encouraging me to want to go back to the classroom. I am feeling more confident about what I am teaching,” she said. However, she believes that because the subject is so deep the training needs to be continuous.

On the facilitator of the training, she said, “I can’t even rate the facilitator…it is off the scale.” “The instructions were clear and to the point. He understood what we needed and suited his teaching methods to our needs. The teachers are enthusiastic about the workshop,” she said.

Andre Roberts said, “This is not really my thing…I am in IT but from the workshop I got a better understanding of the [financial services] industry. I am learning more about the industry.”

Celine Thomas said that she would rate the course 10 out of 10. “I am better prepared but I still need more information,” she said. “It is a subject that I never taught before. I had some knowledge of the subject but never enough to stand in a classroom and teach,” she said.

Meanwhile, at the opening ceremony on March 23, 2015 First Lady Mrs Lorna G. Smith OBE had encouraged the teachers to learn as much as they could about the subject of financial services.

“As you know financial services are changing by the moment and that is why the government brought in the firm of McKinsey and Company to assist us in moving to the next level and telling us effectively how we should be doing that,” she had said.

She had stated that the Virgin Islands is caught up in a very fluid situation in terms of financial services and that the VI continues to be at the top of the offshore sectors. “We are in fact number 34, of course the onshore [centres] always top…New York, Hong Kong and so on. And the BVI moved up 13 places.”

See previous article published on March 24, 2015:

Teachers being taught about financial services

- @ opening of financial services training for secondary school teachers

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Teachers of the territory’s secondary schools have commenced one week of training in financial services to prepare them to deliver lessons in the subject to their young charges.

The training is taking place in the Learning Resource Centre of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) and got underway yesterday March 23, 2015 under the guidance of Mr Rajasegaran Krishnan, an expert in the subject from Malaysia.

Teachers from the Elmore Stoutt High School, the Bregado Flax Educational Centre- Secondary Division, the Claudia Creque Educational Centre, the Virgin Islands School of Technical Studies and the private Secondary Schools are involved in the training.

Making remarks at the opening, First Lady Mrs Lorna G. Smith OBE encouraged the teachers to learn as much as they could about the subject of financial services.

“As you know financial services are changing by the moment and that is why the government brought in the firm of McKinsey and Company to assist us in moving to the next level and telling us effectively how we should be doing that,” she said.

FS should be more sustainable

“They produced a report entitled ‘Building on a Thriving and Sustainable Financial Services Sector in the BVI’ which is a mouthful but it is really telling how our financial services should be more sustainable,” Mrs Smith said.

She added that the Virgin Islands are caught up in a very fluid situation in terms of financial services and that the VI continues to be at the top of the offshore sectors. “We are in fact number 34, of course the onshore [centres] always top…New York, Hong Kong and so on. And the BVI moved up 13 places,” she said.

“I am especially grateful to Mr Raj Krishnan, the Director of the Financial Services Institute, for the key role that he has played in assisting the committee. He is truly a marvelous teacher and we are truly fortunate to have him,” said Mrs Smith.

“Today as we begin this workshop, you are indeed laying the foundation for building capability in financial services by learning how to teach students about financial services,” she said to the teachers.

Speaking at the launch of the training, Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn said, “Mr Krishnan approached me from the Financial Services Institute to see how he could help us to make sure that we are doing a good job in the delivery of the financial services subject to the school.”

27 Responses to “UPDATE: High school teachers laud FS training”

  • ndp (24/03/2015, 14:12) Like (11) Dislike (4) Reply
    PROGRESS!!!
    • @ ndp (24/03/2015, 15:14) Like (7) Dislike (19) Reply
      What dam progres vip started the fin services
      • @ "@ndp" (25/03/2015, 09:09) Like (12) Dislike (3) Reply
        If true, they are picking up where they left off. Isn't that still progression ??
    • Care Eye (11/04/2015, 11:03) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
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  • Eagle Eye (24/03/2015, 14:13) Like (10) Dislike (3) Reply
    Well well Lorna girl you looking good!!!!
  • Yes (24/03/2015, 14:20) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Blam blam blam
  • Please clarify (24/03/2015, 17:54) Like (22) Dislike (4) Reply
    We just paid Ms. Ayana Hull how much thousands to write a book on financial services that we put in the same schools and we brought someone from Malaysia to teach the same subject?? Help me understand this Hon. Walwyn. If Ms. Hull's knowledge was good enough to write a book, why isn't it good enough to train the same teachers that use it to teach the subject??
    • @Please Clarify (24/03/2015, 19:13) Like (8) Dislike (5) Reply
      Ms. Hull is employed as a lawyer and has clients that she serves each each day! How can she possibly leave her practice to teach teachers even if she wrote the book? The financial services text book can teach students financial services as much as a calculus text book can teach students calculus. The persons delivering the subject still have to know it in order to teach it and therefore has to take instruction and be taught. This was needed from the beginning but glad the Minister has seen to it that it is now being done.
      • Good ting (25/03/2015, 06:22) Like (6) Dislike (5) Reply
        The man from Malaysia going to teach them full time? Hull couldn't take off a week to do this? Bunch of jokers
    • I strongly support (24/03/2015, 20:02) Like (8) Dislike (4) Reply
      Why do we continue to over look our own people for people from the outside. How many of our people can go to Malaysia to conduct training. Come on Minister Walwyn, Mrs. Hull should have been the one conducting this workshop and not someone from the outside. We steadily putting down our own people for outsiders.
      • Reading is fun damental (24/03/2015, 20:28) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
        Speaking at the launch of the training, Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn said, “Mr Krishnan approached me from the Financial Services Institute to see how he could help us to make sure that we are doing a good job in the delivery of the financial services subject to the school.”
    • GOODTING (25/03/2015, 06:19) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
      I was thinking the same thing, BVI people really don't like their own and mist times we have better talent right here than what they are bringing him.
  • Where is the interaction (24/03/2015, 20:07) Like (6) Dislike (12) Reply
    From the pictures posted, I do not see any interaction taking place in this workshop setting. Teachers just sitting their listening to someone speak to me is not excited. Any group work. Financial services is great, but what about teaching them long life skills that they will need to live in this society.
    • ddb (25/03/2015, 12:44) Like (4) Dislike (3) Reply
      Stupid comment. Stop blowing hot air.
    • Really? (16/04/2015, 07:31) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      The teachers are there to learn about the topic. Why would they need group work? Don't they have a job which consists of consistent teaching, marking and grading?And, don't you think the teachers already know about the long life skills that they will need to live in this society? Give the teachers a break!
  • Read (24/03/2015, 20:12) Like (5) Dislike (6) Reply
    Why aren't the teachers taking notes? Are they really supposed to remember what was said? Interesting...
  • chad (24/03/2015, 20:29) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply
    You got all of that from a picture
  • tretretrete (25/03/2015, 00:06) Like (2) Dislike (3) Reply
    Definitely there is a language barrier.
  • JohnC (25/03/2015, 06:25) Like (9) Dislike (4) Reply
    It look like it's a town hall meeting. Look at their faces, bored. No involvement, shame on the planners
  • Putting the cart before the horse (11/04/2015, 14:59) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    This is so amazing...is this subject being taught in the high school since September? So teachers have been teaching and now after two terms of teaching they are being trained...what a set.
  • practical (11/04/2015, 15:21) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    This subject is a practical subject. No need for to much chalk and board. It calls for lots of interactive and interaction of students and those who are affiliated with this subject.
  • Basics (12/04/2015, 06:38) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Financial Services for Dummies!
    You can buy it on the internet.
    More time/money wasted.
  • joe (12/04/2015, 07:02) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    mrs, smith you were the only hot looking female .
  • vex (12/04/2015, 14:15) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Poor teahers
  • Burma (12/04/2015, 15:56) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    The teacher guy is from Myanmar an internationally black listed jurisdiction.
    Dem school teachers be learning some bad stuff man.
    More smoke!
  • 911 (12/04/2015, 21:22) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    the NDP and Walwyn have too much baggage to be reelected and the country does not want another four years of this dramma


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