Junior Minister for Tourism, Honourable Sharie B. de Castro is featured as she presented the winners of the Back to School essay competition with their awards. There were six competition winners in various categories.

The public is notified of the following special dates for education during the remainder of the month of October.

Junior Minister for Tourism and Territorial Member Honourable Sharie de Castro announced the winners of the 2020 Territorial Back-to-School Essay Competition that was held on Monday 19^th August, 2020.

The public is notified that registration for the Virgin Islands High School Certificate Programme will be held on Monday, September 28 to Friday, October 2 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The locations for sign-up are as follows:

Today, I am pleased to present to you a synopsis of the Territory’s performance in the 2020 CXC Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and CXC Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE). Given the fluid nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications, our students persevered through many psychological, social and emotional challenges. This pandemic forced our students to deal with great uncertainty, adapt to new learning conditions and adopt new studying practices.

All private schools, daycare centers, pre-schools and colleges will now be able to reopen for in person sessions.

Good day and God’s blessings to the people of the Virgin Islands.  During my statement on the reopening of schools on Tuesday, 25^th August, 2020, I announced that our phased plan to reopen schools was derailed due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Territory.

Public schools across the Territory will officially commence on Monday, September 21 with all classes being solely online.

Good morning to all. I am delighted to greet you the educators this morning as we get ready to open our schools for the 2020/2021 academic year. Three years ago yesterday, Hurricane Irma unleashed unprecedented destruction. The fact that we are still on the land of the living is a testament to God’s faithfulness to us. I am grateful to God for his guidance and protection over the past three years. Tough times don’t last, but tough people do. I thank God that he blessed us with resilience.