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October 2, 2020

Government awards first scholarships since Hurricane Irma

For the first time since the hurricanes of 2017, last month the Virgin Islands Scholarships Committee awarded 32 scholarships for study in fields including medicine, engineering, social work and others, …

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by Joey Waldinger
September 30, 2020

Cartoon (Sept. 24, 2020)

by BVI Beacon
September 17, 2020

Back to school, at home

The public school year will open on Monday, but students won’t go back to school. Instead, they should expect to learn from home for the rest of the year as …

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by Joey Waldinger
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 …

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by Joey Waldinger
July 3, 2020

Summer programmes, daycares to open soon

With the school year ending, government recently announced that summer school programmes will be allowed to operate soon if they get the right approvals. Cabinet also recently approved the reopening …

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by Dana Kampa
February 27, 2020

12th grade requirement eliminated

Secondary students who make good grades will no longer have to complete 12th grade as previously required, Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley announced …

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by Dana Kampa
February 25, 2019

Enid Scatliffe school back on its feet

This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s print edition on Feb. 21. For almost a year and a half, students from Enid Scatliffe Pre-primary School have packed into the classrooms …

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by Amanda Ulrich

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