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Click the pic to see the posters produced by St Helena’s young people to encourage islanders to avoid smoking, with new tobacco controls due to come into force on 1 September 2012.
This gallery contains 7 photos.
Click the pic to see the posters produced by St Helena’s young people to encourage islanders to avoid smoking, with new tobacco controls due to come into force on 1 September 2012.
A maths expert who has taught at university is being brought in to try to end severe problems with teaching the subject on St Helena. Ms Hema Soni was recruited after St Helena Government significantly improved the pay offer for … Continue reading
Shayla Ellick of Cow Path has become the third St Helenian student to be awarded a first class honours degree in the space of a fortnight. The announcement of her degree from the University of Hertfordshire in England comes after … Continue reading
The next head teacher at St Helena’s secondary school will be “coming home” after 20 years working away from the island. Paul Starkie is married to Lisa, who is St Helenian. They will also be bringing their son. He said: … Continue reading
Paul Starkie, the next head of Prince Andrew School on St Helena, gives a new twist to the old idea of teaching the 3 Rs. No longer do those much-used initials stand for reading, writing and arithmatic. On the website … Continue reading
Gareth Drabble of Levelwood and Kimberley Yon-Roberts of Cow Path will be returning to St Helena later this year clutching first class honours degrees from the University of Bedfordshire. Gareth studied computer networking and Kimberley’s degree is in media production. … Continue reading
Saint businesses need to put their prices up so they can pay higher wages, according to the man driving St Helena’s economic transformation. Julian Morris told Saint FM: “Wages on the island need to increase because, in my view, the … Continue reading
Edie Timm of St Helena and Joe Green of Tristan da Cunha have both been awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2012. They appear in the official list as follows: Mrs Edith May Timm, formerly Chief … Continue reading
In the third extract of an address to the Friends of St Helena, former governor Andrew Gurr reflects on the island’s emerging private sector, optimism and – just briefly – education. Read part one of his recollections here, and find … Continue reading
St Helena’s own teachers must be properly trained and rewarded if severe problems in the island’s schools are to be resolved, according to its new director of education. Colin Moore spoke candidly at a public meeting about a litany of … Continue reading