Notre Dame is the only school of the Congré­gation des Filles de Marie in Mauritius.

Let's go to Notre Dame College, in Curepipe, this week. This institution is known for promoting social justice, human values and a holistic education that comprises the academic, artistic, physical, cultural, social and spiritual besides paying special attention to low achievers.

The JSS Academy is the first tertiary institution of Engineering in Mauritius.

One of the well-known Enginee­ring colleges of the Indian Silicon Valley is installing itself in Mauritius. The JSS Academy building is ready to open its doors and receive its students on its own campus by January 2009.

The University of Mauritius hosts a combined conference of three international societies next week. It will address research aimed at improving health in Africa and fostering international development  cooperation in scientific education, agricultural and medical research.

Careers guidance assists individuals to make choices and to manage their careers.

Careers guidance plays a vital role in the schooling system. The new emerging sectors provide full employment opportunities to job seekers. However, it is important to guide the students for an appropriate career in the future.

The school struggles hard to bring good results.

The Medco Trinity Secondary School has taken the challenge by retrieving low achievers from deprived regions and catering for their educational needs. It promises to forge its way ahead by exploring new avenues for future citizens.

Keats College was started by Wong Ah Sui in 1964.

Keats College is an exceptional jewel in the southern part of the island, at Chemin Grenier. It believes  offering a holistic education, and to inculcate human values to its students. Yet they are facing serious competition from state colleges and have to innovate to attract students.

Cosmopolitan College

Cosmopolitan College is celebrating its 45th anni­versary this year. So far, this instituition at Plaine des Papayes in the north of the island, is known for its development of inte­grity, character and self-confidence among the less fortunate rural students. For its founder, Dayachand Napal, the school is ‘de­len­da ignorantia’, a small lamp to remove darkness.

The doors of the school are open to all Mau­ritians.

For more than four decades, the Dayananda Anglo Vedic College, in Port Louis, has been providing education in a conducive and healthy environment for the total development of the learners. Founded in 1965 and run under the aegis of the Arya Sabha, the school endeavours to shape good, useful, responsible and noble citizens.

Role play is nothing new to the pupils of this school.

The pupils of De La Salle RCA School are presenting a show, 'What a wonderful world', at the Port Louis Theatre from Thurs­day June 5 to Satur­day. It is a role play, for pupils, parents and also the public in general. Some 135 children of  different standards are participating in it.

The college ambiance is enveloped in the aura of celebrating its 70th anniversary.

College du Saint Esprit is one of the oldest and well established schools in the country. It had a struggling and a humble start in the first quarter of the 20th century. However, the college has gradually captured the limelight, be it in the making of laureates or its rich heritage in terms of sports and culture.