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Nine Year Basic Continuous Education

The document outlines the rationale and key elements of Mauritius' proposed Nine Year Basic Continuous Education reform. The reform aims to transform education to better prepare students for the 21st century by focusing on core competencies like critical thinking, creativity, and digital literacy. It proposes extending compulsory education to Grade 9, introducing new achievement certificates at Grades 6 and 9, and creating multiple pathways for students including academic or vocational tracks. It also establishes new institution types like Academies and Polytechnics to provide higher-level skills training and specialization opportunities. The reform's goal is to equip students with a holistic skillset for lifelong learning and employment.

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Nine Year Basic Continuous Education

The document outlines the rationale and key elements of Mauritius' proposed Nine Year Basic Continuous Education reform. The reform aims to transform education to better prepare students for the 21st century by focusing on core competencies like critical thinking, creativity, and digital literacy. It proposes extending compulsory education to Grade 9, introducing new achievement certificates at Grades 6 and 9, and creating multiple pathways for students including academic or vocational tracks. It also establishes new institution types like Academies and Polytechnics to provide higher-level skills training and specialization opportunities. The reform's goal is to equip students with a holistic skillset for lifelong learning and employment.

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The Nine Year Basic

Continuous

Education

Rationale of the Nine Year Basic


Education Reform
Need to transform Education for the 21st Century
The learner emerging from the education system 15-20 y from now
Core Competencies

Cri$cal thinking skills - ability to solve complex problems


Crea$vity, innova$on
Adaptability, self-discipline, ini$a$ve
Oral and wri>en communica$on skills , public speaking skills
Leadership, teamwork, collabora$on
Fluency in ICT, entrepreneurship skills
Global awareness, mul$cultural literacy
Scien$c literacy and reasoning
Environmental and conserva$on literacy

Comprehensive basic education cycle that provides the


foundational skills for success in all further learning

Objectives of the Nine Year Basic Education


Equip all students with knowledge, foundational skills and attitudes
leading to an empowered 2030 citizenry
Inculcate in all students a sense of moral responsibility, a set of
values and a strong identity for the country
Promote the holistic development of all students
Provide equitable Learning for All opportunities to attain high levels
of achievement
Achieve a smooth transition to and completion of secondary
education
Give greater recognition to the value of TVET in building human
capital and for sustainable development

Accompanying measures

1. Revisiting Curricula

Holistic development, cater for the diverse learning needs of all learners, emphasise 21st C skills

2. Transforming Learning environments and Pedagogies


Create an enabling environment to support innova$ve pedagogies for
o Developing curiosity,
o independent learning,
o ICT-mediated teaching and learning
3. Remedial Education

Fully embedded in the system

4. Review Assessments
Introduce new approaches to assessment holistic and meaningful

5. Transforming Teacher Education & Professional Development of Educators and


School Leaders
Invest in teacher / school leader development to produce a high skilled teaching force
Continuous Professional Development /Teacher Council

6. Accountability for learning outcomes

Schools become responsible for learning


Review of role of Primary School Inspectors / Quality Assurance

The Proposed Education Structure


Grade

Level of Education

Grades 1- 6

Basic Education (Primary )

Grades 7 - 9

Basic Education (Lower


Secondary)

Grades 10 -11 Upper Secondary

Regional Secondary
Schools / Academies

Grades 12 - 13

Regional Secondary
Schools / Academies /
Polytechnics

Upper Secondary

School Setting
Primary Schools
Regional Secondary
Schools


AGE

Proposed Education Structure


EXISTING

NEW

LABOUR MARKET
POST SECONDARY /HIGHER EDUCATION

TVET - Diploma courses


Polytechnics

NQF Level 5

(17 Years)

Form VI2 Grade 1 3

(16 Years)

Form VI1 Grade 1 2

HSC/GCE A level - NQF Level 5

NC 5 - NQF Level 5

UPPER SECONDARY (General Education)

TVET

Academies

Secondary Schools

Polytechnics

GCE/'O' level/SC(General)/(Technical)
Qualifications
Upper Secondary (General/Technical
Education)

Vocational Qualifications -NQF


Level 3

Secondary Schools

Vocational Schools

NC 4 - NQF Level 4

NQF Level 3
SC (General) - NQF Level 3
Upper Secondary (General)
(15 Years)

Form V

Grade 1 1

(14 Years)

Form I V

Grade 1 0

(13 Years)

Form I II

Grade 9

(12 Years)

Form I I

Grade 8

(11 Years)

Form I

Grade 7

(10 Years)

Std VI

Grade 6

(9 Years)

Std V

Grade 5

(8 Years)

Std I V

Grade 4

(7 Years)

Std I II

Grade 3

(6 Years)
(5 Years)

Std I I
Std I

Grade 2
Grade 1

(4 Years)
(3 Years)

PP2
PP1

PP2
PP1

Academies

National Certificate in Education - NQF Level 2

BASIC EDUCATION ( Lower Secondary Education)


Primary School A chievement Certificate - NQF Level 1

BASIC EDUCATION ( Primary Education)

Primary School Readiness Evaluation

Early Childhood Education

Vocational Education

LABOUR MARKET

Tertiary Education Institutions

NQF Level 6

Progression of Students to Secondary


-Grade 7
CPE replaced by Primary School Achievement Certificate - (end
of Grade 6)

The Primary School Achievement Certificate


Pupils are assessed in core and non-core subjects
vCore Subjects : Wri>en examina$ons
vNon-core Subjects: School-Based Assessment

Core Subjects
English, French, Maths, Science, History & Geography and the Asian languages/ Arabic /Kreol Morisien

Non-Core subjects/learning areas
Physical EducaFon, Civic and Values EducaFon, IT Skills, CommunicaFon Skills and the Arts (Music,
Dance, PainFng, and Drama etc.)

School-based Assessment will


be introduced in a phased manner
undergo a moderation process by an external examining body, the MES.
count for the award of the Certificate when well-embedded in the system

The Primary School Achievement Certificate


(contd)
Introducing
a
Modular
Approach
Pupils will take
(i)

A written assessment at the end of Grade 6

(ii) Modular assessments during Grades 5 and 6


Written Assessment at the end of Grade 6
- English, French, Maths, and an Asian language/Arabic/KM
Modular Assessment during Grades 5 and 6
- Science
- History & Geography.

written / ICT-based
taken at the end of Grade 5 and during Grade 6 (end of Term 2/ beginning of
Term 3)

Criteria for admitting students to Grade 7


Parental choice
Overall grading at the Primary School Achievement
Certificate
Proximity of residence to the secondary school
Admission to Grade 7 will be done on a regional basis
The four Education Zones will be maintained
Academies admit students as from Grade 10


An extended four-year cycle for pupils who do not make
the grade

Learners needing special support


A special class reserved in every secondary school
Reduced class size

Extended over a four-year cycle.


To allow more time to develop and acquire essential competencies at end of
Grade 9

Students follow the same but adapted core curriculum as those in


the normal three-year cycle
Possibility for student mobility between the Extended and Regular
stream

The National Certificate of Education


A combination of written and School-Based Assessments
Assessment domains
3 compulsory subjects (English, Maths and French) + 4 electives from the
following strands
vHumanities (Arabic/ Hindi/ Marathi/ Modern Chinese/ Tamil/ Telegu/ Urdu/ etc)
vScience (Chemistry, Physics, Biology)
vTechnical Studies (Home Economics, CDT, Visual Arts, Computer Studies)
vSocial Sciences (Social Studies, Accounts, Economics, Entrepreneurship Education)

Promotion to Grade 10
Assessment at the end of Grade 9 - the National Certificate of
Education will serve for
promotion of students to Grade 10
orientation in either General or Technical or Vocational
education
admission to Academies

Different educational tracks as from Grade 10


After completing Grade 9, students have three choices
retain the secondary school where they are already enrolled
pursue their studies in General Education in Academies
follow vocational programmes in specialized Vocational Schools

Vocational education will be run in dedicated schools with state-of-theart technological facilities

Enhancing the image of TVET


Both General Education and Technical Education will be run side
by side in secondary schools
Students can opt for the General Education or the Technical
Education stream
Students can sit for either SC (General) or SC (Technical).

Institutional Innovations

Academies
Academies will act as Centres of Excellence with a specialism in 2 to 3 areas
Science, ICT, Business, Languages, the Arts, Physical Education etc.

Academies will run classes from Grades 10 to 13.


Admission to Academies will be on a national basis
Criteria for Admission to Academies
student performance and aptitude at the National Certificate of Education
student preference for subject combinations

Academies will be co-educational institutions


Academies will have more autonomy with a new management model
Grant-Aided Private Secondary Schools of repute with a track record will be invited to join
the reform and run as Academies

Polytechnics
Polytechnics will be set up in every Education Zone.
Courses will be delivered up to Diploma level
Successful completion of the Diploma Level will open up access
to higher education.
Access to Polytechnics
Requisites
successful completion of Grade 11 (in secondary schools/ Academies)
successful completion of Grade 13 (in secondary schools/ Academies)
after completion of vocational programmes and after following a
Foundation Programme

Additional Scholarships
Scholarships for General Education on a
Regional Basis
16 new scholarships - 4 for each Education Zone
Science
Humanities
Technical
Business.

Scholarships for Technical Education on a


National Basis
4 new scholarships
diploma holders in Polytechnics to pursue higher education


Begin Implementa;on of Nine Year Schooling

Implementing the new Assessments


The Primary School Achievement Certificate will be introduced as
from 2017 onwards
First Cohort
Pupils of Std V in 2016
Second Cohort
Pupils of Std V in 2017

Grade 7 in 2018

Grade 7 in 2019

No intake of Grade 7 in the Academies as from January 2018


The National Certificate of Education will be introduced from 2020
onwards

Managing the Transition


Cohort of Pupils of Std V in 2017 will take
Modular assessment 1 in October 2017
Modular assessment 2 in July 2018
Written assessment in October 2018
2 non-core subjects (Communication Skills and IT Skills)

Cohort of Pupils of Std V in 2016 will take


Modular assessment in 2017
Written assessment in October 2017
1 non-core subject (Communication Skills)

Thank you for your attention

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