The Form III National Assessment is due to kick off in two-month’s time. The Ministry of Education has already submitted specimen papers to the Head of Departments of the 32 participating schools to get the students acquainted with the question papers which will be prepared by the MES.
By Premita Leelachand

Professional accountants in Mauritius are frustrated because, unlike other professions, they say, theirs is not regulated. The fault lies in the existing laws, namely the Companies Act 2001 which is in conflict with the Financial Reporting Act 2004, they  claim.  
By Premita Leelachand

The large number of failures among the first year students during the last academic year has not left the Students’ Union insensitive. It has decided to help the freshers by
assigning two mentors per class, which is a first at the University of Mauritius.
By Premita Leelachand

For the first time since its inception in 1993, the Model United Nations saw a 100% participation of HSC schools, both private and state and represented 81.25% of the UN member states. This edition also brought along with it many innovations. 
By Premita Leelachand

Le ministre des Terres et du Logement n’a pas mâché ses mots quand il a dénoncé  le comportement
de certains squatters des terrains de l’État à Dubreuil.  Selon Abu Kasenally, en juin dernier,
des squatters ont tenté d’agresser ses officiers à l’arme blanche.

What is an openuniversity and how does it work?  A bill has been passed in Parliament to that effect and the Ministry of Tertiary Education is laying much emphasis on it.
By Premita Leelachand

The year 2009 has seen a strategic change in the profile of cyber attacks. The attacks have shown that the perpetrators have learned the ability to perform targeted attacks, which are a concern for cyber security personnel.

Vives tensions hier, à Piton après l’accident du petit Salman Himmath.

Un garçon de 7 ans est mort dans des circonstances horribles vers 16h45, jeudi, à la cité EDC de Piton. Le petit Salman Himmath est décédé après avoir été renversé par une voiture et qu'une 4x4 lui fut passée sur le corps. Il traversait la route principale du village pour rentrer chez lui après s'être rendu dans un champ de cannes pour voir une machine en opération. Le drame s'est joué sous les yeux de son frère de 9 ans, Tashlim, à côté de la caserne des pompiers.

With globalisation, translation has become an imperative tool in today’s world at all levels. The tertiary school of Mahatma Gandhi Institute has hence decided on the introduction of a Hindi-English/ English-Hindi course to prepare Mauritians to work in the international arena.

Universities in the UK have new entry requirements. To help Mauritian students understand them, the British Council organised a workshop last week.

Qui a vraiment capturé Guillaume Augustin ? La police, ou les Bangladais ? Alors que les policiers se targuent d’avoir mis le grappin sur le dernier évadé, jeudi, les ouvriers bangladais maintiennent que c’est eux qui l’ont capturé, croyant qu’il s’agissait d’un simple voleur.

Voir la vidéo.

«Mo zenfan ti capave mort». Bindya ne revient toujours pas du terrible accident dont a été victime son fils Adi, 21 mois seulement. Depuis vendredi, la vie d’Anup et Bindya Dwarka n’est plus la même, depuis que le petit Harsh Dwarka a été éjecté de la fourgonnette qui le transportait, pour atterrir sur l’asphalte.

Writing novels in a language which is not one’s mother tongue is not an easy task, especially if one has not been trained in creative writing from an early age.

Cellphone towers pose serious health hazards, according to experts. They emit electromagnetic radiation that can be the cause of simple headaches to severe cancer problems, they say.

With growing indiscipline and violence in schools, the Ministry of Education and Human Resources has decided to take a rather unusual measure. L’école des Parents is the new project which is to be implemented in the third term of this academic year in primary schools to tackle this problem.