Rivière du Rempart District

Rivière du Rempart
District
Cap Malheureux
Map of Mauritius island with Rivière du Rempart District highlighted
Coordinates: 20°03′S 57°38′E / 20.050°S 57.633°E / -20.050; 57.633
Country Mauritius
Government
[2]
 • TypeDistrict Council
 • ChairmanMr. Ellayah Prembhoodas[1]
 • Vice ChairmanMr. Koobarawa Deokumar[1]
Area
 • Total
147.6 km2 (57.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[3]
 • Total
108,005
 • Rank6th in Mauritius
 • Density731.7/km2 (1,895/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (MUT)
ISO 3166 codeMU-RR (Rivière du Rempart)

Rivière du Rempart (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [ʁivjɛː dʒi ʁɑ̃pɑː]) is a district of Mauritius, located in the north-east of the island. It has an area of 147.6 km2 and an estimated population of 108,005, as of 31 December 2015.[3]

Places

The Rivière du Rempart District includes different regions; however, some regions are further divided into different suburbs.[3][4]

Education

In a 2021 article on education reform for the newspaper Le Mauricien, educator and PTr member Mahend Gungapersad questioned[5] why colleges in rural districts like Rivière du Rempart were not added to the government's list[6] of 12 colleges to be converted into academies.

The district is home to HEI Schools Mauritius, an HEI School for ages 1 to 6, located in Forbach, Rivière du Rempart.[7]

List of secondary schools in Rivière du Rempart[8][9]

  • Northfields International High School, Mapou.[10] Private school, part of the Inspired Education Group.
  • Ramsoondur Prayag State Secondary School, Rivière du Rempart
  • Simadree Virasawmy State Secondary School, Rivière du Rempart
  • Universal College, Rivière du Rempart. Private school.
  • Ideal College, Rivière du Rempart
  • Beekrumsing Ramlallah State Secondary School, Mapou
  • Piton State College, Piton, founded in 2002
  • Sharma Jugdambi State Secondary School, Goodlands
  • Goodlands State Secondary School (Boys), Goodlands
  • Friendship College (Boys and Girls), Goodlands
  • Adolphe de Plevitz State Secondary School, Grand Bay. Founded in 2003 as "The Royal College".
  • MITD Centre, Piton
  • MITD Centre, Goodlands

Sharma Jugdambi school launched an "Indian Corner" in 2025 to boost reading and literacy in its young people, and strengthen ties between Mauritius and India. The initiative featured over 500 books from and about India. The project was initiated by Mahend Gungapersad as minister of education and human resources, and Anurag Srivastava as High Commissioner of India.[11][12][13]

The Universal college in Rivière du Rempart is a private college founded in 1961,[14] and as of 2015 hosted a variety of classes, from yoga and music to science and business, as well as extracurricular activities including a communal and vegetable garden, reflecting the local community's history of generational farming and tending lands.[15] It was cited in 2018 among Mauritian private colleges with declining enrollments, specifically those where parents wanted better education for their children.[16] As part of a ceremony for the college's 60th anniversary in 2021, then-president of Mauritius Prithvirajsing Roopun visited the establishment to praise its students as well as, with headmistress Anjanee Bolakee-Bhowon, commend the hard work of the faculty members.[14]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b "List of District Councillors". District Council of Rempart. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b c Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (2016). "ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2015" (PDF). August. Government of Mauritius: 19. Retrieved 23 December 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Housing and population Census 2011" (PDF). Statistics Mauritius. 1. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  5. ^ Gungapersad, Mahend (23 May 2021). "Mahend Gungapersad (éducateur et député du PTr) : « La réforme de l'éducation présentée comme une panacée mais truffée de lacunes »". Le Mauricien (in French). Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  6. ^ Rivet, Annick Daniella (8 December 2020). "Pour 2021 - Académies : les critères d'admission dévoilés aux recteurs". Le Defi Media Group (in French). Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  7. ^ "HEI Schools Mauritius : Petite enfance, l'appproche filandaise privilégiée". Business Magazine (in French). 17 September 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  8. ^ "List of private secondary schools-authorised to function in academic year 2023" (PDF). The Private Secondary Education Authority - Republic of Mauritius. 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2025.
  9. ^ List of secondary schools in Mauritius
  10. ^ "Contact Us." Northfields International High School. Retrieved on 4 May 2015. "Address: Main Road Labourdonnais Village Mapou Mauritius"
  11. ^ "India Corner launching at Mohan Prasad Sharma Jugdambi State Secondary School by Dr. the Hon. Mahend Gungapersad, Minister of Education and Human Resources and Shri Anurag Srivastava, High Commissioner of India". High-Commission of India, Port Louis, Mauritius.
  12. ^ Jean Claude Le Roy (29 September 2025). "Lancement d'un « Coin Indien » au Mohun Parsad Sharma Jugdambi SSS pour booster la lecture - Maurice Info - Partager et informer en toute intégralité". Maurice Info - Partager et informer en toute intégralité - (in French). Archived from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  13. ^ "Indian Corner inaugurated at Mohun Parsad Sharma Jugdambi SSS to promote reading culture". gis.govmu.org. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Le collège Universal fête ses 60 ans - actu.mu". Maurice Actu. 29 October 2021. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  15. ^ Rivet-Boudan, Julie (16 October 2015). "Dans les jardins du… Universal College". lexpress.mu (in French). Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  16. ^ Luckoo, Priya (15 December 2018). "Établissements privés: les inscriptions en baisse, le personnel découragé". lexpress.mu (in French). Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
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