The following are special weeks, days and events for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture for the month of March.

Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Carvin Malone is featured as he entertained a courtesy visit from Grade 5 students .....

A ceremony to recognise the contribution of educators and award students for the year will mark the opening of Education Week 2020.

Interested persons are notified that registration is open until Friday, March 6 for the Virgin Islands High School Certificate Programme.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture will be administering the next SAT Examination on Saturday, March 14 at the Elmore Stoutt High School Campus located at the old Clarence Thomas Building.

Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr. The Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley, is said to have had a successful tour of  several educational institutions in Hertfordshire and Essex Counties in the United Kingdom.

Minister for Education Dr. the Honourable Natalio Wheatley has said that the opportunity to network with fellow Education Ministers at the Fifth Education Ministers Action Group Meeting in London was particularly timely and beneficial with education reform being one of his key priorities.

Students of the Joyce Samuel Primary School (JSPS) are the recipients of books from the BVI National Commission for UNESCO as part of an initiative with Reading Room VI’s team of volunteers.

Mister Speaker, placing Virgin Islanders at the centre of development activities through expanding access to educational opportunities continues to be a central focus of this Government’s agenda. The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) continues to expand its offerings through various Memoranda of Understanding. Today I am pleased to give a statement on three recent programmes in which the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) has been engaged.

Mr. Speaker, last year, I announced my intention to examine the additional year of instruction in our public secondary schools, with the intention of deciding whether it would continue.  Mr. Speaker, I held public meetings, which yielded useful feedback on the topic.  I was able to confirm that, indeed, there were students in the system who benefitted from the additional year as well as students who were being held back by the additional year.