The Government of the Virgin Islands is having the Althea Scatliffe Primary School demolished following a report on the structural integrity of the building.

The Virgin Islands is encouraged to continue to embrace its poets and poetry as it joined the rest of the world in observing World Poetry Day on March 21.

Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Honourable Sharie B. de Castro said she is satisfied to see the completion of the Elmore Stoutt High School Redevelopment project which has paved the way for students to return to a full day of classes.

The public is informed that the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports is open to receive applications for registration for the 2023-2024 academic school year.

Persons seeking to have students placed in the Virgin Islands education system are notified that the registration process begins on January 3, 2023 and ends April 28, 2023.

Madam Speaker, you will recall that with the closure of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School on June 16th, 2022, the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports moved with haste to find the best solution to house the students of that school to enable education continuity. It was proposed and announced by the Ministry that the best solution was to use the spaces available at the Enis Adams Primary School and the Francis Lettsome Primary School to house the students after the spaces have been rehabilitated and retrofitted.

Madam Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to update this Honourable House on the Secondary Summer School Initiative, 2022.  Before giving the results, I would like to give a brief background. There was a total of two hundred and twenty-two (224) students enrolled in Grade 12 at public secondary schools. Of the total, one hundred and sixty-eight (168) students or seventy-give percent (75%) were successful and fifty-six (56) or twenty-five percent (25%) were unsuccessful in completing their secondary level graduation requirements.

The Government of the Virgin Islands, acting through the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports, is accepting sealed bids for the Steel Frame Structure (Building B) at the Elmore Stoutt High School on an “As Is” basis.

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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.

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In two weeks, teachers and students will returning to the classroom after a long summer break. I wish all teachers and students a productive learning experience as we all work together to transform the lives of our most precious resource - our children.

National Epidemiologist Ms. Harmonie Brewley-Massiah has confirmed 44 cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) across 10 preschools and day care centres in the Territory.