Programme Handbooks

The Teacher’s Diploma SEN  programme  is being run for the second cohort for practitioners in the primary sector of education. The course has been revisited taking into account best international practices in the field of special educational needs and local classroom realities.

In line with government’s declared policy of inclusive education as a means to eradicate poverty, the targets set  by UNESCO and articulated in the Millenium Development Goals, MIE is systematically integrating aspects of special needs  education across all its teacher education programmes .   However, conscious of the need to strategically re-engineer teacher education to address more frontally failure at CPE, the Institute has, for the past years, synchronized and focused its efforts in the area of special needs through direct intervention at the school level, research and training.

List of Specialised Schools - 2006
The National Policy & Strategy Paper on Special Education Needs :  The cover
The National Policy & Strategy Paper on Special Education Needs :  The Policy and Strategy document - (pdf version - 36.8 MB)

The Teacher’s Diploma (Primary) is a Pre-Service Training Programme for all primary school trainees who will be joining the service as  Teacher/Senior Teacher grade.  This programme is in line with the vision of the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research in the field of Primary Education.

It provides a uniform training to all irrespective of their teaching responsibility at school.  It will thus equip all trainees with the knowledge and skills for teaching all subject areas in schools, with the exception of those not able to teach an oriental language.  The latter will be offered options in the teaching of Mathematics and Science and Technology.

Furthermore this programme is in line with the Quality Assurance Policy where our training from Pre-Primary to Tertiary are being continuously monitored and reviewed as a response to the needs of the Mauritian society.  It also lays the basis for further training in the sector with the view to offering other ladder of opportunities for teachers as part of a life long career prospect.

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