Mauritius: The Forgotten Children of our "Education" System

We may not agree with the World Economic Forum which has branded our education system as "mediocre". This term could apply to a large number of countries. Which does not mean that we should be satisfied with our highly examination-oriented education system. This is the period we are sending tens of thousands of children to the slaughterhouse - particularly those children who come from disadvantaged families in poor socio-economic environments.

An education system has to impart not only knowledge but also skills and values to the students. To be able to achieve such goals, society at large and governments in particular have the moral responsibility to see to it that no child is denied the right to proper and appropriate education because they are socially and economically disadvantaged or live in deprived environments.

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