Inmates at Her Majesty’s Prison now have an opportunity to sit Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) exams through an educational programme that has been launched at the territory’s correctional facility. Participation in the programme can also help determine how long an […]

Minister responsible for youth and prison Myron Walwyn has disclosed that, of all juveniles who have accessed the government’s Restorative Justice Programme so far, only two have re-offended. The initiative, which was launched in 2013, provides an alternative to incarceration […]

Minister of Education Myron Walwyn has called on parents to ignore a ‘totally unnecessary’ public appeal that staff at Enis Adams Primary School made this afternoon for donation of toilet paper. The female member of staff who posted the appeal […]

All five female Grade 12 students of the Elmore Stoutt High School who were taken to Peebles Hospital yesterday after the bus in which they were traveling stopped suddenly have been treated and released from the medical facility. No broken […]

Nearly 40 percent of the entire student population at Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) last academic year earned spots on the institution’s honour roll. To achieve such feat, a student must have at least an overall score of 70 percent, […]

Former teacher at Elmore Stoutt High School Sharie DeCastro has claimed that teachers in the territory are leaving public schools now more than ever, adding that the exodus is for plausible reasons including low salaries, lack of consultation regarding curriculum, […]

While claiming that teaching has become too politicized in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), former educator Devon Osborne has called for teachers to hold Minister of Education Myron Walwyn accountable for ‘turning a blind eye’ to issues affecting them. “While […]

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) does not have sufficient qualified educators because not many youths are interested in becoming teachers, said Minister of Education Myron Walwyn. He noted that the situation is not unique to the BVI. “This is a […]

Minister for Education Myron Walwyn said his ministry is aggressively working to soon reopen the Territory’s primary public library. With its opening, the Road Town Public Library will be housed in a new and more accommodating location at the old […]

Minister of Education Myron Walwyn said the construction of 32 additional classrooms has started at Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) in Road Town, adding that major works will soon commence at Bregado Flax Educational Centre on Virgin Gorda. “I made […]