PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius - Two of the largest private universities in India, the DY Patil Medical College and Amity University, are in the process of setting up their campuses in Mauritius. The JSS Mahavidyapeetha (JSSMVP), a Karnataka-based educational foundation, established the JSS Academy of Technical Education in Mauritius in 2006.As private universities in India seek to expand to foreign shores, Mauritius is an obvious choice for its proactive plans for expanding higher education in the country.
The main objective of setting up campuses in Mauritius are helping the island nation off the African coast realise its vision of transforming into a knowledge hub.- The government in the Indian Ocean island nation, with a population of 1.3 million, has placed a strong focus on education. Education is free until the college level and is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 12 years.
According to the Amity University's director of international affairs General R.K. Dhawan "The Mauritius government has very good policies on higher education. It is the objective of the Mauritius leadership to have one graduate in every family by 2020. With this type of commitment to education, the policy is very supportive of higher education."
By attracting foreign universities to open new campuses in Mauritius, the government plans to increase the enrolment in tertiary education within the country as well as attract foreign students. The presence of large, dynamic private universities like Amity and DY Patil will help bring in foreign students from African countries and other parts of the world. This will help to make Mauritius a knowledge hub in the African region.
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