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June 23rd, 2023
177 resilient students graduate from ESHS

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - 177 students graduated from Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) in a ceremony at Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Road Town, Tortola on June 22, 2023.

June 23rd, 2023
This Week We Feature Young Professional Sharia B. de Castro

Reuben J.A. Stoby

Our Young Professional this week is not only the twin sister of Education Minister Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL) but she is also just as passionate about the advancement of education and politics in the Virgin Islands.

May 4th, 2023
Francis Lettsome Primary School is 2023 Foreign Language Bowl winner

EAST END, Tortola, VI- Students from the Francis Lettsome Primary School have taken the winning spot in the Foreign Language Bowl 2023 for primary schools, an initiative by the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs, and Sports to introduce students to a second language, namely Spanish or French.

May 1st, 2023
Students receive Trinity Term motivational speech from Kevin C. Smith

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Party (VIP) candidate for the Third Electoral District, in the 2023 General Elections Mr Kevin C. Smith aka OJ, despite an unsuccessful attempt at winning a seat in the House, this morning May 1, 2023, took some timeout to deliver a motivational speech to a group of local primary school students.

April 29th, 2023
Chess now a part of VI school curriculum – Hon Sharie B. de Castro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Education System is moving ‘Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead’ according to subject Minister for Minister for Education, Youth Affairs, and Sports, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (Al) with introducing chess into the school curriculum as a fun way to teach logic and memory.

April 18th, 2023
Newly renovated FLPS opens with safer facility for Trinity term

EAST END, Tortola, VI – Children at the Francis Lettsome Primary School (FLPS) today, April 18, 2023, returned to a newly renovated building, according to At-Large Representative and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) who expressed gratitude to sponsor Unite BVI for funding the renovation project.

April 8th, 2023
Asthmatics urged to wear masks during ASPS demolition

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Asthmatics and persons with respiratory conditions in the vicinity of the demolition of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School are being urged to take the necessary precautions including the wearing of masks.

March 31st, 2023
UPDATE: Alleged school bully charged by police

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) announced today, March 31, 2023, that a 16-year-old female has been charged with Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, in relation to an assault on another minor in the vicinity of the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex on March 29, 2023.

March 25th, 2023
VI urged to embrace local poets & poetry within schools

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In observance of World Poetry Day 2023, the Virgin Islands (VI) have been urged to embrace its poets and poetry by Secretary General of the BVI National Commission for UNESCO, Dr. Allison Flax-Archer who. said the observance of the day on March 21, 2023, encourages persons to understand the importance of poetic expression.

March 18th, 2023
Francis Lettsome Primary School wins S.T.E.A.Mazing race 2023

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Teachers of the Francis Lettsome Primary School have won the S.T.E.A.Mazing Race as part of Virgin Islands (VI) Education Week 2023 which runs from March 13 to 19, 2023, with a week of educational activities with a focus on Science, Technology, Education, Arts, and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M).

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