Overview
Whilst there were non- religious forms of education on the Island, none of these institutions left a long lasting impact on education as the Catholic led schools did for the Convent School that was opened for young boys and young girl in the year of 1844 is now known as the Convent Preparatory School still educating young boys and Girls of the Island.The Convent High School was opened on the request of the Bishop of Roseau, who served from 1855-1857, Bishop Michel Vesque who detected that the Island had no educational institution for young women so decided to contact the sisters of the faithful virgin in order to establish a school in which young women could be educated