The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports will host a series of youth focused stakeholder’s meetings on the proposed Virgin Islands National Youth Policy and Strategic Framework documents next week.
The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports invite persons who have an interest in youth development and sporting services to a series of stakeholder’s meetings being held during the month of June.
The Ministry of Education and Culture is informing the public that all public schools will be closed on Thursday, May 21 and Friday, May 22 in order to accommodate Teacher’s Professional Day and Midterm Break respectively.
For more information on school closures, contact the Ministry at telephone number 468-2036
The Ministry of Education and Culture continues to encourage businesses and young people across the Territory to register and become a part of its Apprenticeship Programme.
The Department of Youth Affairs and Sports is inviting Virgin Islands’ youth between the ages of 15 to 29 to submit applications for the Virgin Islands Youth Parliament.
The British Virgin Islands is one of seven countries in the region with an updated Youth Policy following the launch of the Virgin Islands National Youth Policy and Strategic Framework on Monday
Fourteen young persons were recognised as the Territory’s newest ambassadors and were presented with Emerging Fellows Awards at a ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Education and Culture yesterday.
Today we are here to officially launch the Virgin Islands National Youth Policy, and recognise the 2015 recipients of the Virgin Islands Emerging Fellow Award.
Today’s youth is the fastest growing demographic in the world’s population. According to a report from the World Bank, countries that invest in their youth have the opportunity to see a surge in economic growth. Those that do not invest in the lives of their young citizens, experience tensions that present obstacles to any growth.
