Government expenditure on education and training for the financial year 2023/2024 was estimated at Rs 21,390 million compared to Rs 20,712 million for 2022/2023, representing 9.3% and 9.6% of total expenditure respectively.
Pre-primary education
Pre-primary schools numbered 818 in March 2024 with an enrolment of 27,716 children of whom 49.2% were girls. The Gross Enrolment Ratio (number of students enrolled per 100 population aged 4 and 5 years) works out to 107.5% with an average of 14 pupils per teacher.
Primary education
As at March 2024, there were 342 primary schools with 84,220 pupils of whom 49.1% were girls. The number of persons employed comprised 9,414 persons including 4,922 General Purpose teachers and 1,222 Asian Language/Arabic/Kreol Morisien teachers. The Gross Enrolment Ratio (number of students enrolled per 100 population aged 6 to 11 years) is 107% and the pupil/teacher (general purpose) ratio works out to 17.
Secondary education
As at March 2024, there were 175 schools providing secondary Regular and Extended education. The secondary school enrolment was 94,747 of whom 51.7% were girls. The number of teachers was 9,280. The Gross Enrolment Ratio (number of students enrolled per
100 population aged 12 to 19 years) works out to 73.7% and the pupil/teacher ratio 10.
Primary School Achievement Certificate (PSAC), School Certificate (SC) & Higher School Certificate (HSC) Results
The percentage of school candidates meeting PSAC requirement before re-assessment, was 77.5 in 2023. After re-assessment, the percentage stood at 82.0. The pass rate for the SC decreased from 78.5% in 2022 to 73.7% in 2023 and that for the HSC, from 92.3% to 84.4%.
Tertiary Education
Tertiary level enrolment decreased from 50,566 in 2022 to 50,011 students in 2023.
