Your ward will be taking the National Certificate of Education (NCE) Assessment at the end of this academic year 2020-2021. You may choose for your ward to pursue his studies in Grades 10 to 13 in an Academy or to continue in the Secondary School he is currently attending.
In case you wish to seek a seat for your ward in an Academy, we are providing you with the notes below for your information and we advise you to read them carefully.
Academies – a brief overview
In line with the Nine Year Continuous Basic Education reforms, 12 State Secondary Schools1 will operate as Academies as from June 2021.
Academies are being set up as centres of excellence for post-basic education, running classes from Grades 10 to 13. The Academies aim at providing new opportunities for empowering students for self-directed learning and positive character development.
Academies will be co-educational institutions, and admission will be on a national basis i.e., irrespective of the residential address of the applicants.
Curriculum offered in Academies
Academies will offer subjects as per the national core curriculum. All four strands, namely, Arts & Humanities, Economics, Science and Technical, will be available.
English, French and Mathematics are compulsory in Grade 10.
The following subjects will also be offered in the twelve Academies:
Accounting, Additional Mathematics, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computer Science, Design & Communication, Design & Technology, Economics, Fashion &
Textiles, Food & Nutrition, French Literature, Literature in English, Physical
Education, Physics and Sociology.
Other subjects on offer in Grade 10 may differ from one Academy to another. Below
are a few of the optional subjects as may be offered in the twelve Academies:
Academy
Arabic
Enterprise
Geography
Hindi
Hinduism
History
Islamic Studies
Literature in Hindi
Marathi
Modern Chinese
Tamil
Telugu
Travel & Tourism
Urdu
Dr Maurice Curé
State College – – – –
Droopnath Ramphul
State College – – – – –
Forest Side SSS
(Girls) – – –
GMD Atchia State
College – – – – –
John Kennedy
College – – – – – –
Mahatma Gandhi
Institute – –
Queen Elizabeth
College – – – – –
Royal College
Curepipe – – – – –
Royal College Port
Louis – – – – – –
Sir A. R. Osman
State College – – – – – – –
Sir L. Teelock SSS – – – –
S. Bissoondoyal
State College – – –
Each Academy, however, reserves the right not to offer any given subject where too few students would have opted for that subject at the time of admission.
Admission in Academies
Responsible Parties of Grade 9 students wishing to apply for a seat in one of the Academies must fill in the Application Form to indicate their choice of Academies.
Application Forms will be available from their respective school.
They may opt for admission in one or more Academies. They should number their choice of Academy on the Application Form in order of their preference
(01, 02, 03 etc.).
Filling of Application Forms: Tuesday 16 to Friday 26 February 2021
Submission of filled-in Application Forms: by Friday 26 February 2021 at
15 00 at the latest:
For students attending Private Secondary Schools, to the Zone Directorate of their respective school;
For students attending State Secondary Schools, to the Rector of their
respective school.
Allocation of seats
In accordance with Regulation 18B of the Education Regulations, the Mauritius Examinations Syndicate (MES) will allocate the seats in the Academies, based on:
“the grade aggregate
2and the relative performance of the eligible pupil in the
best 8 core subjects, including English, French and Mathematics, at the NCE
assessment and the choice of the responsible party”
The MES will issue replies to all applicants together with their NCE results.
Successful applicants will choose their subjects for Grade 10 as per the Option Form to be issued to them at the time of registration in the Academy.
Note:
“grade aggregate” means the sum total of the grades obtained by a pupil in the best 8 core subjects, including English, French and Mathematics, out of the core subjects offered at the NCE assessment.
As per the Annual Programme for the National Certificate of Education (NCE) Assessment for 2020- 2021:
“compulsory core subjects means English, Mathematics, French, Science, Information and Communication Technology, Technology Studies, Business and Entrepreneurship Education, Social and Modern Studies, Art and Design” “optional core subject means any Asian Language or Arabic or Kreol Morisien”
Should you need any additional information, please call any one of the following
Customer Care Desks on working days between 09 00 hrs and 15 00 hrs:
Customer Care Desk Address Tel. Nos.
Zone 1 – Port Louis & the
North
Ministry of Education, Tertiary
Education, Science and Technology
Level 4 Mutual Aid Building, Port Louis
211 2403
405 9624
Zone 2 – Beau Bassin,
Rose Hill & the East
Ministry of Education, Tertiary
Education, Science and Technology
Sir F. Herchenroder Street, Beau Bassin
454 7090
464 1336
Zone 3 – Curepipe & the
South
Ministry of Education, Tertiary
Education, Science and Technology
Royal Road (Opposite Grand Port
District Council), Rose Belle
627 2441
Zone 4 – Vacoas/Phoenix,
Q. Bornes & the West
Ministry of Education, Tertiary
Education, Science and Technology
Level 2, Ebène Heights, Ebène
468 1512
MITD House
Ministry of Education, Tertiary
Education, Science and Technology
MITD House, Pont Fer, Phoenix 73544
601 5281
698 5349
Ministry of Education, Tertiary
Education,
Science and Technology
MITD House,
Phoenix 7354