KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The St Vincent and the Grenadines has announced the removal of registration-related fees for first form students entering public and government-assisted private secondary schools.

Education and Vocational Training Minister, Phillip Jackson, said the move is part of the government’s broader push to ease the cost of education for Vincentian families and that the decision also followed “much research and deliberation” within the Ministry of Education.

Jackson said the new policy is intended to align with both the Education Act and the stated policy of the government on access to education.