Education
in Seychelles: an overview (pp 46-51)
Marie-Therese
Purvis, MA.
National
Institute of Education, Ministry of Education and Youth, Republic of
Seychelles.
Abstract
The
paper gives a brief description of the Seychelles education system, its
main characteristics and its major achievements. It outlines the various
reforms that have been instituted since independence from the British in
1976. It reviews the objectives of the reforms, which were to ensure ten
years of universal education and to bring about significant improvements
in the quality of education throughout the system. The second part of the
paper examines the extent to which the main issues targeted by the reforms
have been resolved and the related aspects of quality enhancement.
Finally, future directions as outlined in the Ministry of Education’s
Strategic Plan are considered.
Key
words education system, education reforms, education quality, Seychelles
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