The children of Mauritius discovered or returned to their classrooms this Wednesday, January 8, 2025, the official day of the start of the school year. This year will end on Friday November 7 for primary school students and October 31, 2025 for secondary school students. The new government is faced with a shortage of teachers and textbooks.
The school calendar in Mauritius is offset from that of Reunion Island. It is in fact this Wednesday, January 8, 2025 that the year begins in both primary and secondary schools. This first quarter will end on Friday April 11, 2025.
On Monday April 28, after a 17-day break, the second trimester will begin, which will end on Friday July 18, 2025.
The third term begins for all students on August 18, 2025, but the end of this final stretch varies. It is scheduled for Friday October 31 for secondary schools and Friday November 7, 2025 for primary schools, writes Le Mauricien.
This difference is due to the different end-of-year exams. They require the requisition of classrooms, but also teachers to monitor the smooth running of the tests and make corrections.
The new Minister of National Education is faced with dysfunctions in several establishments. The president of the Education Agents Union (EOU), Arvind Panchoory, like Vishal Baujeet, of the Government Teachers' Union (GTU) deplore a glaring lack of teachers and educational materials.
Several schools are still waiting for textbooks.
The government representative, Mahend Gungapersad, who has just taken office, “affirms that several of these issues will be resolved during the first quarter”writes Défimédia andannounces the holding of the Education Conference in April 2025.
