Nevis Schools

Nevis Students Urged To Pursue Higher Education

Nevis Students At Higher Education Meeting

Nevis Students At Higher Education Meeting

Charlestown, Nevis
November 10, 2008

Senior Secondary School students on Nevis were urged to explore the options available to them in their pursuit of higher education. That advice came from Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resources in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Mr. Chesley Manners on November 10, at a question and answer session hosted by the Nevis Library Services at the Red Cross conference Room in Charlestown.

He said the NIA had pledged to give the necessary support, financial or otherwise to ensure that Nevisians realized their goal, a move in line with its philosophy that education was the key to the development of any nation.

Notwithstanding, Mr. Manners underscored the need for teachers and told students of the availability of scholarships in the area of Geography, Food and Nutrition, English, Mathematics, Health (Nursing, health technology, Medicine and Environmental Health), Economics, Accounting, Tourism (Hospitality) in Technical Areas (Building Technology, Technical planning, Electricity and Electronics and Automotive Technology), Music, Surveying, Engineering and Geothermal Technology.

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PM Douglas States – Debt To Be Incurred For Improvement

Students At Washington Archibald High School - St. Kitts

Students At Washington Archibald High – St. Kitts
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 22, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said his governing St. Kitts Nevis Labour Party Administration will always strive for fiscal responsibility but was adamant that “debt will be incurred to improve the quality of life of the people of the country.”

“I think the performance of the Labour Administration under my watch has been given good grades, good marks by those (local, regional and international financial institutions) who continue to monitor the economic situation in St. Kitts and Nevis,” Prime Minister Douglas said in response to a question on the radio programme “Ask the Prime Minister” which debuted on ZIZ on Tuesday.

“We aim of course for a balance budget. That is what we aim for. We always aim for a balance budget. We try to ensure that there is enough primary surplus to ensure that we can generate the necessary financing for a number of capital projects. There are times when we have had to depart from what would have been the specific budgetary plan of the government,” said Dr. Douglas.

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Nevis Premier Honours Educator At Ceremony

Mrs. Jocelyn Liburd

Mrs. Jocelyn Liburd At School Renaming Ceremony

Charlestown, Nevis
October 13,2008

Nevis Premier and Minister of Education, the Hon. Joseph Parry commended Mrs. Joycelyn Liburd at the School Renaming Ceremony on Thursday, October 8th at the Grounds of the Gingerland Primary School, as the school was renamed in her honour.

Premier Parry, in his Feature Address, said Mrs. Liburd has had a distinguished career in education and in guiding the young generation.  Mr. Parry said he was proud that the school will be renamed the Joycelyn Liburd Primary School and suggested that a photograph of Mrs. Liburd should be prominently displayed in the school in recognition of Mrs. Liburd’s outstanding contribution to the school over the years.

The Renaming Ceremony was part of the schools 30th Anniversary Celebrations, which have as their theme: “Providing a sound education for the youths of this nation-past, present and future.”

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St. Kitts – Nevis Speaks To Students About Crime

PM Douglas At Gingerland High School

PM Douglas Speaks At Nevis’ Gingerland High School
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
Septemeber 24, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas message to the students of the Charlestown Secondary School and the Gingerland Secondary School in Nevis was similar to that given to schools on St. Kitts.

“Shun the challenges that we face from those who encourage you to get into gangs and behave badly, committing crime and becoming violent, you can only prepare yourself properly to be productive citizens and for leadership if you will shun the negative things that can lead to your personal destruction and the overall collective destruction of our country.”

His visit to both schools on the sister island was one of several activities that marked the twin-island Federation’s 25th Anniversary of Independence which is being observed with the theme: “Pride, Development, Progress – INDEPENDENCE – 25 years of Success.”

“What role must you must play if you are going to sustain that independence for future generations after you. What role must you play today and how must you prepare yourself if you are to sustain what we have achieved for the next generation, for the next 25 years,” the Prime Minister told Charlestown Secondary School Fifth and Sixth Formers and the entire student body of the Gingerland Secondary School.

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