The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture would like to thank all schools, students, media houses, organisations, and wider community for a successful 2021 Reading is Fun Week.

The public is invited to listen to this year’s Reading is Fun Week story time readings on local media sites as well as the Ministry of Education’s Facebook Page @VISCHOOLS.

Mrs. H. Lynden Smith is featured as she was presented with the Ministry of Education's Literacy Award during the opening ceremony for ‘Reading is Fun Week’ on Sunday, October 10. Mrs. Smith who introduced ‘Reading is Fun Week’ in 1992 and other projects over the years was honoured for her contribution to literacy and reading in the Virgin Islands.

The public is notified that Reading is Fun Week will be observed from October 10 to 16 under the theme, “Reading Transforms”. 

Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr. the Honourable Natalio Wheatley is reiterating the importance of developing a love for reading as the Territory gears up to observe ‘Reading is Fun Week’ from October 10 to 16.

The public is notified that Reading is Fun Week will be observed from October 11 to 17 under the theme, “Read Empower”.  The schedule of activities for the week is as follows:

Any person who puts a book in the hands of a young child, is a person who is confident that the child will change the future.  “To read is to empower, to empower is to write, to write is to influence, to influence is to change, to change is to live.” –unknown

Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr. the Honourable Natalio Wheatley has said that reading and critical analysis play an important role in preparing the Territory’s students to face the future.

Secretary General of the BVI National Commission for the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), Dr. Allison Flax-Archer, is encouraging persons to continue yearning for knowledge and joy; and reading she said is simply one avenue of doing this.

The public is reminded that Reading is Fun Week continues under the theme, "Read - Unlock Your Imagination and Expand Your Horizon".