Ex-Minister of Education 2005-08 One of the enduring facets of our present education system is the laureate scheme which rewards outstanding academic performance of our young students taking
It is a harsh world out there. Unless we transform meaningfully and integrate everyone from top to bottom into a globally relevant domestic production machine, we’ll miss the
In the past two decades or so, at the approach of the general elections, the general feeling and popular conversation has been about the need of a troisième
We are seeing the world over how divisiveness is threatening the established world order, without necessarily offering a viable alternative. It is the reason we should lay a
‘64 million Britons didn’t sign a petition…’; so read one blog last week after an estimated one million Britishers signed a petition against the proposed visit of US
Whenever people disagree with the authorities in a democratic country, it is their duty to protest. In the words of the veteran Labour MP Tony Benn, ‘Protest is
At any given time the range of possibilities is determined by what has gone before (determinism), but within this range genuine choices are possible (voluntarism). — P. Sweezy
After all the ups and downs of the several past weeks, a new government headed by Pravind Jugnauth as Prime Minister has been formed. The latter reconstituted the
Society is badly in need of leaders who can really lead and transform for a sustainable future, not those paying lip-service, being high in rhetoric but low in
On Sunday 22nd, when PM Sir Anerood Jugnauth announced his resignation as Prime Minister on television and spoke about his long commitment to politics, the first impression was
The clock is ticking and the countdown has begun for the people and their elected representatives. Will the latter provide the needed oversight and initiate the steps to
While cautiously optimistic, this is not a game-changer and we cannot be unaware that a large number of clouds hover ominously around the skies as we embark onto
None of the governments which have been in power have given due consideration to all the implications of the demographic challenge for the future development prospects of the
As a nation, we have to take ownership of the type of future and society we want for our country In thriving democracies, the people and the independent
