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Education Ministry says 'several steps' taken to improve conditions @ESHS
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The Ministry of Education in the Virgin Islands says following recent industrial action by some teachers of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS), steps have been taken to improve the working conditions and facilities at the school.
Local Educator & Businessman J. Alfred Christopher dies @ age 94
McNAMARA, Tortola, VI – Long-time educator and local businessman James Alfred Christopher died this morning Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital in Road Town, the Virgin Islands' capital city.
'You can’t get change if you give exact'– Hon de Castro tells teachers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As part of "re-imagining" education in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI), Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has urged local teachers to give more and create change not just in schools, but in the community.
ESHS: 'Concerned teachers' allege huge income disparity between new & old staff
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) from “concerned teachers’ at the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) is that issues related to the recent ‘sit-in’ at the school also has to do with income disparity and not just working conditions.
ESHS teachers reached ‘point of a rock & a hard place’- Union President
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- President of the BVI Teachers Union Sean Henry says following a meeting with Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), the next step following Friday’s sit-in by teachers at the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) is to compile a report and have it sent to the Premier for action.
Teachers told to 'put grievances in writing' following ESHS sit-in - Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following a staged ‘Sit-in’ by Teachers of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) over a number of issues, Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said he met with the teachers to hear their concerns and shared plans to have the issues resolved expeditiously.
Incomplete renovation works delay re-opening of Joyce Samuel Primary School
BELLE VUE, Tortola, VI - Students and teachers at the Joyce Samuel Primary School in Belle Vue will not be returning to the classroom until September 19, 2023, as a result of delayed work in completing renovations at the school.
Gov’t will ‘put our money where our mouth is’ for education – Hon DeCastro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) says the Government will continue to invest heavily into education, recognizing its impacts on youths and the local economy.
‘You can’t be a teacher & putting all your business on social media’- Dr Maurice D. Smith
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Registrar and Chief Administrative Officer of University of the West Indies (UWI) Dr Maurice D. Smith, who was the keynote speaker at the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Professional Development Day at Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) on Monday, August 28, 2023, had some blunt words of encouragement for teachers ahead of the reopening of school.
‘You can’t go to classroom looking sexy’- Dr Maurice D. Smith tells teachers
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Teachers, as well as Principals and education administrators, in the [British] Virgin Islands have been told that if the Virgin Islands is to move full S.T.E.A.M. ahead in education they must change their perspective, and this must be demonstrated in how they conduct themselves as professionals.