Institute o Education

The education system in Mauritius consists of pre-primary, primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. Education is free. The adult literacy rate was estimated at 92.7% in 2015.

Pre-primary education lasts for two to three years, Primary schooling takes 6 years followed by secondary schooling of 5 years and two years of higher secondary ending with the Higher School Certificate. The O-Level and A-Level examinations are carried out by the University of Cambridge through University of Cambridge International Examinations.

University of Mauritius and the University of Technology are public universities. There are two other universities: Université des Mascareignes, founded in 2012, and the Open University Mauritius. There are also several other technical institutes and higher education colleges.

Education expenditure amounts to 13% of total expenditure.

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