Some 60 educators hired for new school year- Hon de Castro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Some 60 teachers have been recruited for the new school year in the Virgin Islands (VI), Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has said.

Speaking at the Professional Development Day for educators at Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) on August 28, 2023, Hon de Castro said: "This school year we welcome 30 Teacher Trainees and Recruits to the profession. Additionally, we also welcome about 30 new trained teachers into our education system.

“We welcome you as you have come to integrate and be a part of the change. These individuals will continue to make a difference, and they will become agents of change just like every single one of you sitting here and I encourage you to mentor them to encourage them, so that they can become life partners in education as so many of you have decided to be."

She also acknowledged 9 new Principals and Assistant Principals who have accepted the call to lead VI schools.

“I want to take this opportunity to speak about the amazing reality of what it means to be a teacher trainee. I am certain that in this new cohort of principals, there are individuals who would have started off as a teacher trainee a long time ago,” Hon de Castro said.