Nearly three years after the Althea Scatliffe Primary School was closed and condemned, no date has been set to start rebuilding it, according to Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister …
February 21, 2025
October 16, 2024
Two ESHS teachers ‘removed’ from campus as cops probe claims
Two Elmore Stoutt High School teachers have been “removed from the school premises” while police and other officials investigate separate allegations of “inappropriate behaviour,” according to a letter Principal Vanessa …
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February 29, 2024
For foreign travel, $3.5m in five years
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. …
February 19, 2024
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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February 5, 2024
$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 — …
October 13, 2023
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 …
September 20, 2023
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 …
August 21, 2020
‘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 …
February 6, 2020
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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