Technical and vocational education and training Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational Education can also be seen as that type of education given to an ind ...

(TVET) in

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

provides technical and practical training for employment to students. Pre-vocational education in Mauritius provides preparation for technical and vocational education and training. Vocational education streams provide options for study and career development for school leavers as well as professionals.

Pre-vocational training

The

Government of Mauritius The Government of Mauritius () is the main authority of the executive power in the Republic of Mauritius. The head of the Government is the Prime Minister of Mauritius, who manages the main agenda of the Government and direct the ministers. The 2 ...

has established provisions for pre-vocational and vocational education, to ensure the continuation of education until students reach the age of maturity, at age 16, until which education is compulsory for all students. The pre-vocational sector caters to about 4,000 students who are ejected from the primary school cycle, due to failure in the

Certificate of Primary Education The Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) was an academic qualification in Mauritius awarded upon the completion of primary school. The exam last took place at the end of 2016 before it was replaced by the Primary School Achievement Certificate ...

or reaching the age of 13. Previously students completed an unaccredited three-year pre-vocational training programme in preparation for entry into vocational programmes. However, this three-year programme was phased out, and eventually replaced with an accredited four-year pre-vocational programme of study, leading to the

Pre-vocational Certificate The Pre-vocational Certificate is a vocational qualification in Mauritius designed for early school leavers who have failed to successfully complete the exams required for the Certificate of Primary Education, a pre-requisite for entry into seconda ...

Vocational qualifications

Pre-vocational Certificate

The

demonstrates successful completion of a pre-vocational programme of study roughly equivalent to the

Form III Certificate The Form III Certificate was an academic qualification in Mauritius awarded upon successful completion of lower secondary school. The exam last took place at the end of 2019 and was replaced by the National Certificate of Education (NCE) in 2020. ...

of the academic stream of formal education. The Pre-vocational Certificate confers ability to progress onto further vocational study or to directly enter into employment. Students may then progress onto the

National Trade Certificate The National Trade Certificate qualifications are technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programmes of study in Mauritius, designed for early school leavers to gain life skills and job skills for entry into employment. Pre-requisit ...

qualifications.

National Trade Certificate

Following successful completion of the

or the

, students may progress onto the

qualifications, which are vocational qualifications designed for teaching life skills and job skills as well as enhancing employability prospects. There are multiple levels of the qualification:

National Trade Certificate Foundation The National Trade Certificate qualifications are technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programmes of study in Mauritius, designed for early school leavers to gain life skills and job skills for entry into employment. Pre-requisi ...

National Trade Certificate II The National Trade Certificate qualifications are technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programmes of study in Mauritius, designed for early school leavers to gain life skills and job skills for entry into employment. Pre-requisit ...

, and

National Trade Certificate III The National Trade Certificate qualifications are technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programmes of study in Mauritius, designed for early school leavers to gain life skills and job skills for entry into employment. Pre-requisit ...

. Students may then progress onto post-secondary vocational qualifications.

Post-secondary qualifications

A range of post-secondary vocational qualifications are available. Entry into post-secondary vocational qualifications is available to those who successfully complete the

School Certificate The School Certificate was a qualification issued by the Board of Studies, New South Wales, typically at the end of Year 10. The successful completion of the School Certificate was a requirement for completion of the Higher School Certificate. T ...

or Higher School Certificate through the academic stream, as well as to those who completed relevant pre-requisite vocational qualifications. Post-secondary vocational qualifications offered include the Brevet de Technicien, Nursing Diploma, Teacher's Certificate, Diploma, National Certificate, National Diploma, and Higher National Diploma. Those who successfully complete the Higher National Diploma may progress to the

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, typically with two years of advanced standing. This provides a pathway for students in the vocational stream to re-enter into the academic stream and then progress further into

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...

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