Réduit Campus Opens Business School

The construction of new university campuses is among the government’s top priorities.

In the same context, a business school is currently under construction at Ebène, in collaboration with the University of Mauritius (UoM).

The school is part of the expansion project of UoM to meet the increasing number of students enrolling for higher studies for the academic year 2012-2013.

The UoM has been in existence for over 45 years and it has been noted that many classes are overcrowded.

The tertiary institution has already reached its maximum capacity with over 10,000 students.

The business school will help solve the problem of overpopulation. UoM vice-chancellor professor Konrad Morgan stated, “We have chosen another site for our expansion as we did not want to cut down trees to construct more buildings.”

The UoM has collaborated with the State Investment Trust (SIT) to have access to the facilities at Ebène where there will only be classrooms to give lectures to students mainly from the faculty of Law and Management.

The minister of Tertiary Education, Science, Research and Technology, Dr Rajesh Jeetah said, “There is no doubt that a wind of change is blowing over the landscape of tertiary education.”

He added that several other campuses are underway to democratise access to tertiary education.

“We have allocated some Rs 810 million for the establishment of university campuses at Pamplemousses, Montagne Blanche and Ebène,” stated Jeetah.

According to statistics from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), 44,334 students enrolled in tertiary education in 2010, including 21,766 in public funded institutions, 11,661 in private institutions or following distance education programmes and 10,907 studying in universities overseas.

The total tertiary enrolment is expected to reach 77,467 students by 2015.