Over the past five years, the government spent nearly $3.5 million on foreign travel expenses including accommodation, transportation, subsistence and warm clothing allowances, according to Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. …
BFEC wins first round of debate competition
Bregado Flax Educational Centre emerged victorious in the preliminary round of the 2024 Inter-Secondary School Debates on Friday at the New Testament Church of God International Worship Centre Activity Hall, …
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$1.4m EU grant to help 14 schools
Fourteen Virgin Islands schools will be “safer, healthier and greener” thanks to a European Union grant worth about $1.4 million, government announced last week. The BVI SMART Schools initiative — …
Parents rush to Elmore Stoutt High School after gun scare, officials blame panic on ‘misinformation’
An arrest and a gun scare on Monday at Elmore Stoutt High School alarmed parents and students alike, leaving some residents questioning the school’s security measures and ability to respond …
Students head back to class
Public school students returned to classrooms on Sept. 11 for a new semester as education officials worked to curtail worries about insufficient infrastructure, mould and a teacher shortage. “I must …
‘Blended system’ for new school year
Government has circulated a batch of surveys that ask students, teachers, parents and employers about their experience during the past school year in order to help education officials prepare as …
Teacher accused of making student gargle Pine Sol
Speaking last Thursday to JTV broadcaster Cathy Richards about allegations that a teacher at Ivan Dawson Primary School in Cane Garden Bay instructed a student to gargle Pine Sol as …
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