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24 graduate from VISTS
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands School of Technical Studies (VISTS) held its graduation ceremony on Friday, June 27th, 2025, at the New Testament Church of God International Worship Centre in Baughers Bay.
TVET key to solving acute skills shortage problem in VI- Dr Arlene L. Smith-Thompson
BAUGHER'S BAY, Tortola, VI— The Virgin Islands marked TVET Day, on May 6, 2025, with the sentiment, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is not just an alternative path—it’s a vital solution to the territory’s growing skills shortage.
Skills pay the bills! ‘It’s time to stop looking down on TVET’- Dr Arlene L. Smith-Thompson
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI— Stereotypes surrounding Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) were confronted on TVET Day, observed on May 6, 2025, at the New Testament Church of God Church Hall, in Baughers Bay, Tortola, under the theme “Skills Pay the Bills: TVET for a Thriving VI Economy.”
Tertiary education not the end all and be all – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Douglas Wheatley is of the opinion that tertiary education is not the end all and be all of everything and that the basic skills in reading, writing and arithmetic have proven to be the essential tools for success.
TVET students urged to work hard after graduation
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – Seventeen students graduated from the 2013 Class of the Technical and Vocational Educational Training (TVET) Programme at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) yesterday, June 25, 2013.

