Organization:Open University of Mauritius

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Open University of Mauritius
Motto
My University...always with me!
Motto in English
My University Always With Me
TypePublic
Established2012 (2012)
Location
Réduit
,
Moka District
,
Mauritius
Founder Director-GeneralDr Kaviraj Sharma Sukon
Websitewww.open.ac.mu

The Open University of Mauritius (OU) is a public university in Mauritius. It offer programmes leading to undergraduate, and postgraduate degrees through open distance learning. OU's headquarters are located in Réduit, Moka.[1][2][3]


The OU was established under the Open University of Mauritius Act No. 2 of 2010, proclaimed in July 2012. Its first founder Director-General is Dr Kaviraj Sharma Sukon.[4]

The first graduation ceremony was held on 8 July 2015. The guest was the French-Mauritian Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Dr Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.

It was the first public university in Mauritius to be ISO-certified as from 7 July 2015. The University was re-certified in November 2018 from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015.

It is the only public university that has experienced a continuous positive growth as evidenced by the findings of the report of the Tertiary Education Commission (see Figure 6 on Page 6): http://www.tec.mu/pdf_downloads/Participation_Tertiary_Education_2018.pdf==


See also

  • Education in Mauritius
  • List of tertiary institutions in Mauritius
  • Tertiary Education Commission www.tec.mu

References

  1. ↑ "Introduction". Open University of Mauritius. http://www.open.ac.mu/index.php/en/about-ou-en. Retrieved 16 February 2013. 
  2. ↑ "L’Open University sera opérationnelle en février" (in fr). Le Matinal. http://www.lematinal.com/education/19466-LOpen-University-sera-operationnelle-en-fevrier.html. Retrieved 16 February 2013. 
  3. ↑ "FORMATION À DISTANCE: L’Open University of Mauritius dans les locaux du MCA" (in fr). Le Mauricien. http://www.lemauricien.com/article/formation-distance-l%E2%80%99open-university-mauritius-les-locaux-du-mca. Retrieved 16 February 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Open University of Mauritius". Government of Mauritius. http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/prb/report2013/pb/openuniversity.pdf. Retrieved 16 February 2013. 

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