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State Secondary Schools​​

 

There are 63 state secondary schools which are publicly-funded and managed by the Ministry (MOEHRTESR).   These schools are under the direct purview of the Directorate of the geographical Zone in which they are located.

In addition, there are 6 other state-owned secondary schools which ar​e run by the Mahatma Gandhi Institute/Rabindranath Tagore Institute, (MGI/RTI), a parastatal body operating under the aegis of the MOEHRTESR.

 

List of State Secondary Schools and Colleges​

 

Regional Schools

 

Of the 69 state-owned schools, 57 are categorised as Regional Secondary Schools, by virtue of their mode of admission.  Admission in these schools is on a regional basis, meaning that they admit only students who reside within the geographical zone in which they are located.  These schools admit students as from Grade 7 and run classes up to Grade 13.​

 


​ ​​​​​The 4 geographical Zones :

Zone 1
Port Louis and the North
Zone 2
Beau Bassin – Rose Hill and the East
Zone 3
Curepipe and the South
Zone 4
Vacoas – Phoenix, Quatre Bornes and the West​

 

 

There are 26 regional state secondary schools for Boys’ and 25 which admit Girls’ only.  La Gaulette SSS and the 5 Mahatma Gandhi/Rabindranath Tagore Secondary Schools (MGSS/RTSS) admit both boys and girls.


Academies

 

The remaining 12 state-owned secondary schools have been designated to operate as Academies as from 2021.  An Academy is a Secondary School, other than a Regional School, which provides education as from Grade 10 to Grade 13.

Admission to these schools will be on a national basis, meaning that they will admit students irrespective of the geographical zone in which they reside.



 

List of designated Academies

1

Dr. Maurice Curé SC, Vacoas

2

Droopnath Ramphul SC, Calebasses

3

Forest Side SSS (Girls), Forest Side

4

GMD Atchia State College, Port Louis

5

John Kennedy College, Beau Bassin

6

Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Moka

7

Queen Elizabeth College, Rose Hill

8

Royal College Curepipe

9

Royal College Port Louis

10

S. Bissoondoyal SC, Rose Belle

11

S. L. Teelock SSS, Flacq

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​Sir A. R. Osman State College, Phoenix

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