The public is notified that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports located on 3^rd Floor and the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports located on the 2^nd Floor of the Ward's Building will be closed to from 12:00 noon today due to water outage.

Good day all,

On Thursday 25^th August, we updated you regarding the progress made and needed to complete the second floor of the Enis Adams Primary School (EAPS) building.

Officials from the Ministry of Education’s Accounts Unit and the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Unit will be visiting Virgin Gorda on Wednesday September 7 to Friday September 9 to collect all Chromebook and laptop loaners for the 2021-2022 school year from all public schools including Robinson O'Neal, Bregado Flax Primary and Bregado Flax Secondary.

Virgin Islanders are encouraged to submit applications for the 2023/24 Chevening Scholarships programme by November 1.

In June of this year, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports arranged for a structural analysis to be conducted on the Althea Scatliffe Primary School building.

Madam Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to update this Honourable House and the territory on the 2022 Primary Exit and Secondary School-Leaving results and graduations ceremonies.

Minister for Education, Culture and Youth Affairs, Honourable Sharie B. DeCastro and other Ministers of Education in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have endorsed a new Education Sector Strategy for the period 2022-2026.

Parents and guardians of public primary and secondary students who are loaners of digital textbook tablets are asked to return the devices to the Ministry of Education on the 3^rd floor of the Ward’s Building.  Collection will begin on Monday July 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m..

In keeping with its strategic goal to promote excellence in teaching and learning, the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) has announced its membership in the Fulbright Awards Programme administered by the U.K. Fulbright Commission.

Newly appointed Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports Honourable Sharie B. de Castro is featured as she met with primary and secondary school principals, teachers and counselors from both the private and public school system last week.