Nevis Education

Minister Wants Athletes To Excel In Academics Too

Minister Daniel Meets With Athletes At Grove Park Photo By Erasmus Williams Charlestown, Nevis April 03, 2009 Minister with responsibility for Youth and Sports on Nevis Hon Hensley Daniel expressed hope that the interest exuded by primary school students, would …

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Premier Reports On Nevis’ Education Progress

Nevis Premier Speaks About Progress In Education

Nevis Premier Speaks About Progress In Education

Charlestown, Nevis
September 01, 2008

Premier of Nevis, the Honourable Joseph Parry addressed the nation on the developments in Education on Friday, August 29th; as Nevis prepares for the beginning of the new school year today, Monday September 1st, 2008.

“I must congratulate the Permanent Secretary in Education, Mr. Joseph Wiltshire, Principal Education Officer, Mrs. Jennifer Hodge her staff at the Department of Education and every head teacher for their sterling efforts of ensuring that they deliver good quality education to the children of Nevis,” articulated Hon. Joseph Parry.

The Premier announced a recorded improvement in the performance of the Primary School students in the Test of Standards and noted this as being quite significant, since the improvement had been registered for every single school on the island.  While congratulating the children and their parents, Premier Parry went on to say that he wants to encourage teachers and parents to boost the children’s confidence by praising them publicly for their good work.

In outlining the school results for 2008, Premier Parry stated that 636 subjects were taken by the students at the Charlestown Secondary School. That was the highest number of subjects done by the school and compares with 609 in 2007 and 426 in 2006. There were 475 subject passes, the same number as last year. In 2006, there were 335 passes. Year by year the percentage pass is as follows: 2006- 78.6%, 2007- 77.9%, 2008- 74.68%.

Twenty ““ four subject courses were offered with passes in all of them.

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Nevis Minister Speaks About Education With Young Cricketers

Young St. Kitts - Nevis Cricket Players

Young  Nevis Cricket Players Listen Closely

Charlestown, Nevis
May 27, 2008

Junior Minister with responsibility for Communications, Works, Public Utilities, Physical Planning, Posts, Natural Resources and Environment in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Carlisle Powell, impressed on a team of U13 cricketers the importance of education in their quest to attain supremacy in the sport.
 
Mr. Powell, a former cricket administrator and an avid cricket fan, spoke to a group of budding cricketers at Grove Park on Friday May 23, 2008, ahead of a practice session with their coach Mr. Ronald Powell, at a programme entitled “Helping our boys grow gracefully” which was designed to assist the youths simultaneously in their cricket and personal development.
 
“You are not here just for your cricket you are here because we want to help you with your education as well”¦
 
“I want to say to you that there are schools all over the world where they are offering scholarships especially for sport in schools but you are not going to get a scholarship easily, if your education is not of a certain level. They will not take you because you are an excellent cricketer but you can’t read, write and comprehend. They will not want you in the school because you will not pass and in the final analysis, you might be a good sportsman but if you don’t pass the subjects, you will be helping the school to fail you will not help their academic pass rate,” he said.
 
Mr. Powell pointed to his son Mr. Kieron Powell as one who had benefited from a sports scholarship to study in England who had since been selected as a member of the West Indies U-19 World Cup 2008 squad.
 
“My younger son Kieron Powell who most of you would know or would have seen play cricket, he went to school in England for two years and he got a [part] scholarship to go to school in England”¦any one of you would love to go to school in England,” he said.
 
The Minister urged the participants to be smart in their school work and to pay attention to their teachers.

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Nevis’ Private Sector Commended For Assistance In Education Campaign

Nevis Police At Career Fair - 2008

Nevis Police At Career Fair – 2008

Charlestown, Nevis
May 20, 2008

The private sector on Nevis was commended for its response to a call by the Human Resource Department, Premier’s Ministry in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) in effort to impact the community with it’s “Get Trained get Certified” campaign.
 
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry Mr. Chesley Manners told the Department of Information on May 17, 2008, following his Department’s annual Career Fair that the private sector had taken up the challenge and rallied behind the Department’s drive.
 
“We were very pleased with the response from the private sector. They came out in their numbers and they have come on board as we tried to promote the various careers. In all we had around 20 booths so the children had good exposure.
 
“I think with continued guidance they (children) can go into careers that would help them to grow professionally and of course make some money and also to fulfill their desire to serve mankind,” he said. 
 
Mr. Manners explained that the Fair’s main target group was students but it also facilitated persons who were considering a career change to promote self development and to pursue careers that would facilitate nation building.
 
“In order for development to be well balanced, we need to ensure that we show equal appreciation for all careers and also to encourage our youngsters to move into the different areas that would facilitate constructive nation building,” he said.

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Nevis Students Urged To Use Regional Education Programs

Mr. Chesley Manners

Mr. Chesley Manners

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resources Mr. Chesley Manners, called on Nevisians who wished to pursue studies abroad to take advantage of opportunities available to them at learning institutions in the Region and not be swayed by the glamour of television, to pursue studies further a field.
 
Mr. Manners made the comment during an interview with the Department of Information on May 16, 2008. 
 
“We must make the appeal and it must be a passionate appeal for our students to attend our regional institutions especially when it’s not necessary to go further afield. Of course you know that there are good institutions far and wide but I think it is important that we send the message that we have a regional institution that we must support, our governments have to support it and we must encourage our youngsters to go there.
 
“We have students of course on the three campuses at Mona, St. Augustine and Cave Hill and we want to see more students coming on board because our regional institution the University of the West Indies, delivers quality training and we get a unique opportunity to be drawn closer to our brothers and sisters from some of the other islands and this can enhance the integration movement,” he contended.
 
With regard to the opportunities available in Cuba, Mr. Manners was of the view that Nevisians were passing up a unique educational opportunity that was offered by the Cuban government.

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