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Participation in Tertiary Education in 2019 PARTICIPATION IN TERTIARY EDUCATION 2019 November 2020 Higher Education C O N T A C T U S P h o n e : ( 2 3 0 ) 4 6 7 8 8 0 0 Commission F a x : ( 2 3 0 ) 4 6 7 6 5 7 9 E m a i l : c o n t a c t @ t e c . m u W e b s i t e : w w w . t e c . m u ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This publication has been possible with the support and collaboration of institutions and organisations engaged in tertiary education as well as Ministries/Embassies/High Commissions based locally. The Higher Education Commission would like to express its appreciation to all the organisations and Ministries/Embassies/High Commissions involved and to their staff for their invaluable assistance in providing the requested information. While every care has been taken in the preparation of this publication, by its nature, it may contain errors which are unintentional. PARTICIPATION IN TERTIARY EDUCATION 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The section below details the salient points presented in the twenty-first edition of the report “Participation in Tertiary Education” which contains statistics on enrolment at the tertiary level as at December 2019. Institutions: According to the report, 38 Tertiary Education Institutions (TEIs) were operational and delivering tertiary-level programmes in 2019- 10 publicly-funded (PFIs) and 28 (out of a total of 43 HEC- registered institutions) private post-secondary education institutions (PSEIs). Tertiary education was, in parallel, accessed by many students directly with an awarding body overseas through the distance education/e-learning mode (Self- study). Additionally, many students were pursuing higher studies in universities overseas. Total Enrolment: Total enrolment grew by 4.8% to 49,653 in 2019 compared to 47,398 in 2018. Some 41,574 (83.7 %) students were undertaking their studies locally and 8,079 (16.3 %) overseas. Of those based locally, 23,859 were enrolled in a PFI (57.4 %), 12,249 in a PSEI (29.5 %); and 5,466 (13.1 %) were undertaking Self-study. The increase in total enrolment may be attributed to the growing number of students studying locally which went up from 39,198 in 2018 to 41,574 in 2019 (+6.1 %) as opposed to total enrolment overseas, which contracted by 1.5 %, from 8,200 to 8,079 over the same period. GTER: The Gross Tertiary Enrolment Rate (GTER), an indicator of the participation level of Mauritians in tertiary education, gained 2.5 percentage points in 2019 to stand at 48.9% in 2019, up from 46.4 % in 2018. New Admissions/ Intake: The number of new entrants into tertiary education in 2019 amounted to 18,372 compared to 14,051 in 2018, representing an increase of over 30% during the year. It is important to note that this significant growth in new admissions coincided with implementation of the government policy to provide free higher education to all those attending the PFIs, whether full-time or part-time, that would lead to either a certificate, a diploma or a degree. Enrolment by Field: Accounting remained the most popular field of study in 2019 with a student cohort of 10,796 (21.7 %), followed by Administration/Management– 6,510 (13.1%), Information Technology– 4,289 (8.6%), Education– 4,139 (8.3%), Engineering– 3,098 (6.2%), Business/Commerce/Marketing– 2,740 (5.5%), Medicine– 2,093 (4.2%), Law– 1,834 (3.7%), Banking/Finance– 1,766 (3.6%), Travel/Hotel/Tourism – 1,651 (3.3%) and Languages– 1,332 (2.7%). Enrolment by Mode: Some 22,711 (55.8 %) were studying full time, 8,980 (18.1%) part time and 12,962 (26.1%) through the distance education/ online mode. The corresponding figures for 2018 were 59.5% (28,208), 16.8 % (7,981) and 23.7% (11,209) respectively. It is interesting to note that for the year under review, a decline was noted in the number of students studying on a full-time basis (- 1.8%) while a concurrent rise was registered in the number of students pursuing studies part-time (+12.5%) and through the distance/online mode (+ 15.6 %). Enrolment by Gender: There were more female enrolled locally- PFIs (60.5 %) and private stream (53.5 %)- than male students. In contrast, overseas enrolment registered more male students (54 %). Overall, out of a student population of 36,108 in the HEIs (PFIs and PSEIs), 58.5 % were female. The corresponding figure for 2018 was 58.2%. Enrolment by Level: The distribution of enrolment by level tends to vary between public and private institutions. In the public HEIs, 15.9 % of students were enrolled at sub-degree level (Diploma and Certificate), 68.5% at undergraduate level and 15.6% at postgraduate level (PG Certificate/Diploma, Masters and MPhil/PhD/Doctorate). For the Private stream (PSEIs and Self Study), enrolment was concentrated in Professional courses (52.4 %). In the PSEIs, undergraduate made up for 41.6 % of the student population, Professional programmes- 38.4 % and higher degree programmes- 8.3%. Enrolment in PFIs: Enrolment in the PFIs stood at 23,859 in 2019 compared with 22,155 in 2018, representing 48.1% and 46.7 % of total tertiary enrolment. Four of the 10 public institutions, namely the UoM (35.2 %), OU (27.8 %), UTM (11.6 %) and the MIE (13.9 %) together made up for 90% of enrolment in this sub-sector. There was contraction in enrolment at the UTM (- 5.5 %) and the UoM (-2.1%) in 2019. The UdM (+44.8 %, 395 students), the MIE (+17.6%, 497) and the OU (+18.2 %, 1,020 students), on the other hand, witnessed significant positive growth. Enrolment in PSEIs: A total of 12,249 students were enrolled in PSEIs in 2019 compared with 12,150 in 2018, including 54.7% female, 61.8 % full-time, 34.2 % (4,190) part-time and 4% (485) studying on the distance education mode. Distance Education: Overall, 12,962 students were studying through the distance education mode in 2019 representing 26.1 % of the tertiary student population, compared with 3.6% in 2018. They include 5,466 students on Self-study, 7,011 students based in PFIs and 485 registered in the PSEIs. Some 4,625 (35.7%) DE students were studying Accounting, 2,296 (17.7%) Administration/Management, 1,401 (10.8%) Business/Communication/Marketing and 845 (6.5%) Information & Technology. International Students Studying in Mauritius: The number of international students in Mauritius maintained its slow upward trend, increasing by 8.4% to 2579 in 2019, up from 2,380 in 2018. Of this total, 1,235 (47.9%) were female and 1,344 (52.1%) male. The majority of the international students were enrolled in the PSEIs (2,189; 84.9 %); 2,146 (83.2 %) were studying at undergraduate level, 267 (10.4 %) at Masters levels, and 12 (0.5 %) at PhD or MPhil level. In 2019, the number of international students admitted in local institutions stood at an estimated 930. Mauritian Students Studying Abroad: The number of Mauritians studying overseas fell for the fourth year running to reach 8,079 in 2019. France/La Reunion emerged as the most preferred destination with 1,802 students (22.3%) followed by Australia- 1,550 (19.2%), Canada- 1,050 (13.0%), United Kingdom- 1,020 (12.6%), and India- 700 (8.7%). The most popular fields of study chosen by Mauritians studying abroad included inter-alia Engineering- 1,079 (13.4%), Medicine- 940 (11.6%), Administration/ Management- 680 (8.4%), and Business/Commerce/ Marketing - 669 (8.3%). With regard to new admissions of Mauritian students overseas, it can be noted that the number went up by 6.4 % to 2,695 in 2019 as compared to 2,532 in 2018. Contents Page No. List of Figures VII List of Acronyms VIII - IX 1. Introduction 1 2. Overall Participation in Tertiary Education in 2019 1 2.1 Trends in Enrolment, by Source 2 2.2 GTER 3 2.3 New Admissions/Intake 3 2.4 Enrolment by Field 4 2.5 Enrolment by Mode 5 2.6 Enrolment by Gender 5 2.7 Enrolment by Level 6 3. Enrolment in PFIs 7 4. Enrolment in PSEIs 7 5. Enrolment through Distance Education Mode 8 6. International Students Studying in Mauritius 9 7. Mauritian Students Studying Overseas 10 Notes on Methodology 11 Notes on Types of Tertiary Education Providers 12 Annex: Computation of Tertiary Education Enrolment Rate 13-15 Tables 16-94 i List of Tables Enrolment at Tertiary Education Level, both Locally & Overseas, by Table 1 Source and Field of Study, as at December 2019 New Admissions on Taught Programmes at Tertiary Education Level, Table 2 both Locally & Overseas, by Source and Field of Study, as at December 2019 New Admissions and Total Enrolment on Tertiary Education Level Table 3 Programmes by Source, 2007–2019 Enrolment in Publicly-Funded Institutions by Institution, Field of Study Table 4 and Gender, 2019/2020 Enrolment in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Level and Mode of Table 5 Study, 2019/2020 Enrolment in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Level and Gender, Table 6 2019/2020 Enrolment in the Publicly-Funded Institutions by Mode of Study and Table 7 Gender, 2019/2020 New Admissions on Taught programmes in the Publicly-Funded Table 8 Institutions by Level and Mode of Study, 2019/2020 Enrolment including joint programmes by Faculty, Mode of Study and Table 9 Gender at the University of Mauritius, 2019/2020 Enrolment including joint programmes by Faculty, Level of Study and Table 10 Gender at the University of Mauritius, 2019/2020 Enrolment including joint programmes by Faculty, Level and Mode of Table 11 Study at the University of Mauritius, 2019/2020 Enrolment at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Table 12 2019/2020 Enrolment at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Mauritius, Table 13 2019/2020 ii Enrolment at the Faculty of Law & Management, University of Mauritius, Table 14 2019/2020 Table 15 Enrolment at the Faculty
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