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Akrosh May – June 2022
Akrosh April 2022
Akrosh February – March 2022
Possible de passer aux examens de SC et HSC pour les Gardes 10 et 12
Le ministère de l’Education a tranché. Les étudiants en Grande 10 (Form 1V) pourront prendre part aux examens de SC à la fin de l’année. Ceux en Grande 12 (Lower V1) pourront eux prendre part aux examens de HSC toujours en novembre-décembre. Les élèves de Grade V (cinquième) sont éligibles pour les examens de PSAC à la fin de l’année. Une très bonne initiative.
Manif des Ukrainiens à Maurice
Des ressortissants de l’Ukraine se trouvant sur le sol à Maurice ont manifesté hier à Port-Louis. Il y a eu une tentative de manifester à Floréal devant l’ambassade Russe, mais ils n’ont pu le faire. Le conseil des ministres fera une annonce concernant le stand de Maurice après les délibérations ministérielles. Ganoo a annoncé que le pays s’aligne sur la décision de l’ONU.
Akrosh January 2022
Salary Compensation 2022
Following the Tripartite Committee Meeting on salary compensation for the year 2022, a monthly salary compensation of Rs 500 would be paid to those employees earning up to Rs 13,000 monthly and Rs 400 to those earning above Rs 13,000, effective as from 01 January 2022. Some 423,200 employees (104,500 in the public sector and 318,700 in the private sector) would be concerned.
Seychelles restricts visitors from seven African countries
(Seychelles News Agency) – Visitors from seven southern African countries will not be permitted to enter Seychelles from Saturday November 27 until further notice under new travel measures announced by the local health authorities on Friday due to a new variant of COVID-19.
The Ministry of Health said that the new restrictions apply to South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
The Ministry said that this is because of the new variant called B.1.1.529 that has been detected in South Africa.
According to CNBC, a world business news service, “The World Health Organisation is monitoring a new variant with numerous mutations to the spike protein, scheduling a special meeting Friday to discuss what it may mean for vaccines and treatments.”
Under the new measures, Seychellois and residents who have been to any of these countries in the last two weeks upon their return to Seychelles will go into self-quarantine and take a compulsory PCR test five days after their arrival.
Education: Online courses maintained for all grades until 31 January 2022
Online courses will be maintained for all grades until 31 January 2022. Face-to-face classes will resume on 02 February 2022 for students in Grades 9, 9+, 11 and 13 whilst the remaining grades will continue with online classes and remote learning.
The Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, Mrs Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun, stressed that following the recommendations of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, based upon the current situation as regards COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritius, the Ministry has reworked the school calendar as well as resumption of classes. Other measures will follow in case of improvement of the sanitary situation prevailing, she added.
Referring to the new school calendar, Mrs Dookun-Luchoomun underscored that the aim is to create an enabling environment so as to ensure the continuity of learning activities. These measures are imperative if we want to protect our children against the pandemic, the VPM pointed out.
Furthermore, she recalled that school had resumed in a phased manner since 05 July 2021 but needed to be closed down as from 10 November 2021. This measure, she said, was crucial to ensure the protection of students adding that teaching is being maintained through alternative methods, namely online teaching and remote learning.
The VPM indicated that since then, online classes have been broadcast on the channels of the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), and various educational materials have been made accessible online through the Student Support Platform.
VPM Dookun-Luchoomun expressed satisfaction as regards the contribution of parents and educators who are carrying out their teaching sessions online so that students are able to continue their learning activities. She appealed to them to continue in their endeavours and urged students to continue to strive hard, especially students of School Certificate/ Higher School Certificate, who will take part in the June 2022 Examinations.
She also underpinned the joint efforts of various institutions such as the Mauritius Institute of Education and the Mauritius Examination Syndicate, who worked hard to alleviate the syllabus for students who will take part in national examinations such as the Primary School Achievement Certificate (PSAC) and the National Certificate of Education (NCE) so that they are not penalised for having missed face to face classes for such a long time.
Primary schools
For primary schools, that is, Grades one to six, classes will continue online through the channels of MBC until further notice. They will also be provided with learning packs, prepared by their teachers. Same will be required to be picked up by parents when informed by the Headmasters of their children’s schools.
Secondary schools
During phase 1 of the school calendar, that is, from 10 January 2022 to 31 January 2022, online classes will be maintained for all grades concerned. As from 02 February 2022, face to face classes will be resumed for students of Grade 9, 9+, 11 and 13.
Timing of assessments and Examinations
- Modular assessments (Science, History and Geography) that were supposed to be held by end of January 2022 have been postponed to end of April 2022 along with PSAC Assessment.
- PSAC Assessment for Grade 6 to be held in April 2022.
- NCE Assessment for Grade 9 to be held in April 2022.
- SC/HSC international examinations in April/May, June 2022.