1. OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES - A Mauritian Perspective
Tertiary Education Commission, Mauritius
Sushita Gokool-Ramdoo, D. Ed
4/11/2017

2. Education for Sustainable Development
compliant- National Qualifications Framework
Level
Primary/Secondary Education
TVET/Workplace/
Professional Education
Tertiary Education
Non-Formal/Informal Education/RPL&
APL 10
Professional Doctorate/
PhD 9
Masters
PG Cert/Dip 8
B. A Honors 7
B.A General 6
Diploma 5
Certificate 4
HSC/A Level/IBAC/French BAC
CERTIFICATE 4 3
SC/GCE ‘O’ Level
CERTIFICATE 3 2
CERTIFICATE 2 1
Primary school level
CERTIFICATE 1
Lifelong/Lifewide Learning
Continuing education
Literacies:
1.Climate Literacy
2.Environmental
Literacy
3. Health
Literacy…

3. Education priorities in Mauritius informed by:
UN DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (1948)
UN AGENDA 21 (1992)
36.3. Education, including formal education, public awareness and training should be recognized as a process by which human beings and societies can reach their fullest potential.
Our educational system promotes the sustainable development of skills, knowledge and values through lifelong learning to ensure the holistic development of the citizen.
Article 26- Education:
Everyone has the right to education…directed to the full development of the human personality
MAURICE ILE DURABLE: SUSTAINABLE MAURITIUS

4. Current OER Activities
International Initiatives- VUSSC & TESSA
UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS- VCILT
MAURITIUS INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Capacity building following VUSSC Bootcamp; skilling faculty members in use of Moodle, Wiki Educator;
Encouraging development and uploading of educational content for free access, use and re-use: Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Science (Medicine)…
Continuous awareness through annual OER week
SANKORE Project:
(i)Interactive books and learning materials uploaded online on the MIE portal and made available to primary school teachers.
(ii) Teachers …trained to integrate these electronic instructional materials in their regular teaching- with growing amount of positive feedback on the use of this type of OER.
2. Involvement in UKOU TESSA

5. Reasons for interest in OERs
Regional, National, and Institutional vision for OER
Fostering a culture of sharing in line with Education for Sustainable Development principles
OERs as an important instrument to realize the vision of the seamlessly integrated NQF
Formal education including teacher education
Non-formal education- especially community based and competency based programs
Informal education- farmers, women, girls, traders, cooperative societies, health workers
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6. Mechanisms to integrate OERs
Development Frameworks
Nodal coordination agency: Tertiary Education Commission
Distance Education Policy: Focus on pedagogy more than technology
ICT policy
Credit Accumulation and Transfer System

7. Distance Education Policy for Mauritius- launching in June 2013
P4 ICT integration 
P4 Arrangements will be made to promote the integration of ICTs in the delivery of distance education.
P4.1 The TEC will develop linkages with relevant institutions to enable optimal integration of ICT in Distance Education.
P4.2 The TEC will develop and host an Open Educational Resource Platform to provide a space for the sharing of distance education resources, instructional materials as well as best practices for all providers, researchers, practitioners and students in distance education. The TEC will facilitate such development at institutional levels.
P.4.3 Provision of distance education through a range of media including print, technologies with limited interaction, …