Education
The British Virgin Islands operates several government schools. Virgin Gorda residents are served by Robinson O'Neal Memorial Primary School, a primary school, and Bregado Flax Educational Centre, a combined primary and secondary school which opened in 1982. In 2000 the government created plans to create a primary school on the island.
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