Category: Education

Ask the wrong questions and you are unlikely, save by sheer accident, to reach the right answers. It is not too late to realise the impasse and inject

‘The child is father to the man’ – so runs this saying taken from a poem of William Wordsworth. In reflecting on the life of the man who

Why is a reform necessary in any field of society and life? Is it because something fundamental has gone awry? If so what is it? I am of

Université de Maurice/CRSI

A couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity here to commend the new Minister of Education, Hon Leela Devi-Dookun, for tackling the bull by the horns and

Nine-year Schooling Plan

In the view of the current debate on reforms in the educational system, several points have been raised about the risk of ‘ideologizing’ the issue and focusing on

Iconoclasts also love the country

It may come as a surprise to many that the tutorial system, which is a distinctive feature of British higher education, is completely absent in our public higher

Bookshops are universities anyone can enter. – Tony Benn The above quotation is from the October 1995 issue of the Reader’s Digest. A few years ago I visited

I am a book lover, having grown up in the enchanting atmosphere of the Nalanda Bookshop and smelled the ink of fresh pages of the Mauritius Times every

Any reform must be just and equitable and should be seen to be so

The mission of the University of Mauritius in the 21st Century is to disseminate and to create knowledge and to engage with society. An increase in the number

This year we celebrate the 40th anniversary of that fateful day of 20th May 1975 that marked the first ever mass student demonstration in the history of our

Authorities in place have a rare opportunity to address the issues plaguing the post-secondary education sector and frame a coherent strategy for the future, a road-map for development