JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (ADV) – The Mauritius government has committed to offer scholarships to 50 students studying towards Digital Technology, Blockchain and Big Data.
The Minister of Education and Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research, Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun announced this development recently.
“The ultimate objective is to create a quality and solid foundation for the human capital of the Republic of Mauritius,” said Dookun-Luchoomun.
The identified institutions to initiate the project University of Mauritius, University of Technology of Mauritius, Université des Mascareignes, Open University of Mauritius, Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Rabindranath Tagore Institute, Mauritius Institute of Education, Fashion and Design Institute, Mauritius Institute of Training and Development, and Polytechnics Mauritius Ltd.
Despite that tuition fees will be free, the administrative fees which will not exceed Rs 10 000 will not be covered.
In their official website, Republic of Mauritius, announced that the Université des Mascareignes will offer Masters degrees in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Blockchain from August this year.
These measures aim to encourage young people to develop high end technical skills and to be more competent and versatile in today’s highly technological world.
The government is also committed to investing fully in its human resources through the provision of free education and technical training.
According to Minister Dookun-Luchoomun, this measure will complete the human capital cycle.
Dookun-Luchoomun said the state will subsidise local fees only, where courses are dispensed with foreign institutions.
“In case of students’ failure in an exam, he will have to pay to write the exams and Government will pay his tuition fees for the following years,” she said.
To implement this measure, the government will spend Rs 200 million for January to June this year. And a total of Rs 600 million will be earmarked to cover the tuition fees of tertiary students from July 2019 to June 2020.
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