An increasing number of students is learning music. This field is knowing considerable boost in Mauritius but there are still a few things that need to be done, says Claudie Ricaud.

Summer holidays have started long ago for many school children but this is not the case for many pre-primary schoolgoers. They are still attending classes though this  week was mostly meant for games, outings and other full of fun activities.

Trade Unions are envisaging industrial action in protest against certain recommendations that the Ministry of Education is making to the Pay Research Bureau. They are threatening to go on strike and to carry out sit-ins in primary schools.

Law is a tough profession where survival of the fittest is the rule of the game, but women with their acumen, competencies and grace are adding spice, charm, sparkle and glitter to it, says a young lawyer.

There’s no time like holidays, and it is certainly not our students who are going to deny this, especially at this particular moment when they have laid down everything that may remind them of school or studies.

Finding the right campus abroad is not always easy. More and more young people are turning to overseas educational counsellors and promoters for information and advice. Seminars and presentations on tertiary education abroad by promoters are having a good audience in summer holidays.

Is bodybuilding meant for men only? No, says the winner of an international competition. It's for everybody and should not be associated with only growing muscles and looking rough and tough. It has a lot of advantages.

Most secondary school examinations are over. However, SC and HSC  students are still facing their ordeals in the examination halls. When they get their results at the beginning of next year, many will start looking for information on where to go for their tertiary education. Destinations are many but the one that has emerged lately as quite important and attractive is undoubtedly Russia. Let's find out why this country interests  a good number of our students.

Some beauty parlours and spa are disguised places for prostitution. This is giving a wrong image  of beauty therapy salons,  besides spoiling the craft and causing considerable harm to the profession, according to the managing director of two beauty clinics who has been in the profession for some 20 years.

The summer holidays are coming with vibrant activities for Lower VI students. After some 150 students have completed the first phase of the work placement pilot project for secondary students in July, around 1000 more are expected to be placed for the second phase which starts on November 8.

Different stakeholders in education fear the Knowledge Channel launched on the national television recently may not benefit students fully. They believe there should be a special time for curriculum-based slots  after consultations with all those who are directly or indirectly connected with them. As it is, what is on offer is hardly followed by the students, they say.

Her earnest ambition is to bring maximum number of women in politics. She believes that women have to leave stereotypes and aim higher.

The two-day public holiday this week is not for fun or rest for many students. They will  participate in a workshop on the theme “Liniversité Sanzman Sezon”  that  Lalit organises to provide secondary school and university students with various activities.

The Ministry of Education has officially launched a list of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities to be carried out in Primary and Secondary schools in Mauritius and Rodrigues. While some stakeholders in education have favourably  welcomed this initiative, others are skeptical about it.

Women are still under-represented in the trade union movement in Mauritius though many are trying to move away from family and social constraints to be part of the struggle and decision-making process. Jane Ragoo has made herself a place and a name in this field.