The Ministry of Education and Culture is advising students of the Alternative Secondary Education Programme that classes have been cancelled today due to the inclement weather.

The Enid Scatliffe Pre-Primary School (ESPPS) is hosting a March Against Bullying tomorrow, October 28.

The Ebenezer Thomas Primary School (ETPS) is hosting a March Against Bullying at 2:00 p.m. today, October 27.

Schools in the Virgin Islands are launching anti-bullying campaigns to end bullying in their own schools and the wider community.

The Alexandrina Maduro Primary School (AMPS) is hosting a ‘Run/Walk Against Bullying’ at 2:30 p.m. today, October 27.

Parents and guardians of students attending the Elmore Stoutt High School are advised that the first general Parents Teachers Association (PTA) meeting scheduled for October 26, has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.

Parents and guardians of students attending the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) are invited to the first general Parents Teachers Association (PTA) meeting.

Parents, teachers and students of the Joyce Samuel Primary School in Bellevue, Tortola celebrated the 4^th Annual Literacy Night.

Parents and guardians of students attending the Elmore Stoutt High School are advised that Power School, the web-based student information database, will be inaccessible from October 17 to 21 for maintenance.

Madam Speaker, three years ago we introduced Financial Services as a compulsory subject into the curriculum of our secondary schools in the latter part of 2012 to ensure the sustainability of our financial services industry. By doing so, we were ensuring that the interests, minds and talents of our students are developed to maintain our leadership position in the sector and our territory’s global competitiveness.