Mauritius

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An island off the southeast coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, Mauritius is a small state of the Commonwealth, with a population of about 1.2 million.

School-age Population by Education Level¹
125,673		95,699
Secondary		Tertiary

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Secondary Education for the school year ending 2019¹
98%		96%
Female		Male

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Tertiary Education for the school year ending 2017¹
47%		34%
Female		Male

Percentage of female teachers in ¹
59.3%		n/a
Secondary (2018)		Tertiary

1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Centre, retrieved in June 2021

Highlights

COL’s current work in Mauritius is primarily in the areas of open and innovative schooling, technologyenabled learning, and higher education, including through the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth. It benefits from programmes under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community Centre for Distance Education. Learners from Mauritius have also benefited from COL’s open online courses and other resources.

Partners

Partnerships are fundamental to COL’s work. Strategic partnerships allow COL to broaden its reach and engage at global, regional and national levels, while implementation partners support COL’s work in communities and institutions across Commonwealth Member States. Partners include multilateral organisations, regional bodies, national governments, government agencies, foundations, civil society organisations, public and private (not-for-profit) institutions and the private sector. COL partnerships assist in improving and extending teaching and learning services to people in the developing Commonwealth.

COL’s partners in Mauritius include:

Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology (formerly Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research)
Global Rainbow Foundation
Mauritius Institute of Education
Mauritius Institute of Training and Development
Open University of Mauritius
University of Mauritius

Key Contacts

Focal Point

Mrs Shabina Lotun
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science & Technology

Mr Ricaud Auckbur
Ag. Chief Technical Officer
Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science & Technology

Literacy rate (2011)¹
88.7%		92.0%
Adult (15+) literacy rate Female		Adult (15+) literacy rate Male

Economic Activity (2010)¹
42%		64%
Adult (15+) economic activity Female		Adult (15+) economic activity Male

Political Decision Making (2014)¹
19%
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament

Life expectancy (2012)¹
78		70
Female		Male

1. COL gender country profile April 2015

34.3	151.4
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹	Mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹

21.6	65.3
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹	Mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹

51.2	58.6
Households with a computer (%)¹	Individuals using the internet (%)¹

1. International Telecommunication Union (ITU), retrieved in March 2020

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