The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture is inviting persons to apply for national scholarships through the Virgin Islands Scholarship Programme.

Director of the Teacher Development and Support Branch in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Ms. Peggy Taylor Presley and President of the Blue World Travel Corp in San Francisco, California,  Ms. Patricia Nicholson Yarbrough are pictured as they donated  approximately 1000 new children’s books on their arrival to Tortola on Tuesday, July 23. 

Mr. Speaker, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Sports, Agriculture and Fisheries, is at the threshold of reopening a number of schools that were under construction since the 2017 hurricanes.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture is inviting vendors to submit applications to provide lunch at both campuses of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS).

Students from the Virgin Islands School of Technical studies are featured as they were awarded with the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) on June 12

Thank you, Mr. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to address this Honourable House as well as the people of the Virgin Islands to briefly speak about the reopening of the V.I. Scholarship Programme.

Residents and Citizens of the Virgin Islands, I greet you with a spirit of love and humility in this graduation season, and I extend congratulations to all the students and families celebrating at this time.

The public is invited to support the graduating class of 2019 at the various private and public graduation ceremonies around the Territory.

Officials from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports, Fisheries and Agriculture will be hosting public consultations to discuss the “Additional Year” at public secondary schools.

Students aged 12-17 have the opportunity to learn the basics of how to respond to various emergencies during a three-day Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training.