Africa-Press – Mauritius. The Vice-Prime Minister (VPM), Minister of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, Mrs Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun, inaugurated, this afternoon, the Polytechnics Mauritius Rose Belle Campus which is located in the Landscope Mauritius Building in Rose Belle.
The Minister of Financial Services and Good Governance, Mr Mahen Kumar Seeruttun, the Chief Government Whip, Mrs Naveena Ramyad, the Parliamentary Private Secretary, Mrs Teenah Jutton, the Chief Executive Officer of Polytechnics Mauritius Ltd (PML), Mr Yamal Matabudul, and other personalities were present at the inauguration ceremony.
In her address, VPM Dookun-Luchoomun highlighted that PML is the first tertiary institution to establish a campus in the south region of the island. This, she pointed out, is in line with Government’s vision to provide quality education to all youth islandwide, especially in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector.
The Vice-Prime Minister stressed that, nowadays, much of the work traditionally carried out by human beings are being carried out by machines and there is thus a need to make space for new pathways for our youth.
She underscored that courses at PML will definitely contribute to produce work-ready diploma holders of high quality to spearhead the development of the country into a knowledge-based and skills driven economy.
Furthermore, she seized this opportunity to commend PML for having already registered some 3,500 students since its creation five years ago and reiterated her Ministry’s support in PML’s future endeavours.
As for Minister Seeruttun, he underlined that PML’s new campus is in line with Government’s vision to transform Mauritius into a learning hub. Youth from the south region of the island will now have access to high quality technical education through this Rose Belle Campus, he indicated.
For his part, Mr Matabudul indicated that PML ambitions to be involved in several fields such as pharmaceutics, avionics, telecommunications, artificial intelligence and business outsourcing, among others.
This Rose Belle Campus, he emphasised, comprises some 160 students and is the first institution providing higher technical education in the south region of the island while offering state-of-the-art facilities to students interested in pursuing studies in engineering, architecture, information technology and nursing.
About Polytechnics Mauritius Ltd Polytechnics Mauritius Ltd, established in 2017, has as objective to run training programmes to serve the emerging needs of Mauritius for a qualified and skilled human resource at mid-professional level.
Operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, PML is entrusted with a unique responsibility to enable human capital development at mid-management level in priority fields of knowledge and skills as identified by Government.
The five campuses of Polytechnics Mauritius, including one in Rodrigues, are providing additional state-of-the-art facilities for students to move further up the ladder in the TVET sector. To date, some 371 students have graduated from PML and will soon receive their certificates.
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