TERTIARY EDUCATION COMMISSION (MAURITIUS)

The Tertiary Education Commission has as objects to promote, plan, develop and coordinate post-secondary education in Mauritius and to implement an overarching regulatory framework to achieve high international quality.It also has the responsibility to allocate government funds to the Tertiary Education Institutions under its purview and to ensure accountability and optimum use of resources.

Formulate policies and strategies for promoting and developing quality tertiary education;
Promote and assure quality;
Register private tertiary educational institutions and universities, and accredit their programmes;
Determine equivalence and recognition of post-secondary qualifications/institutions;
Maintain a database for recognition and equivalence of all post-secondary qualifications/institutions;

Formulate policies for Open and Distance Learning (ODL)
Allocate government funds to the Tertiary Education Institutions (TEIs);
Monitor and evaluate programme-based budgets for TEC and TEIs;
Promote research in TEIs
Award MPhil/PhD scholarships and bursaries;

Update and manage the Tertiary Education Management Information System (TEMIS);
Advise the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science, Research and Technology on :
- (i) the grant of licences to recruiting agents for overseas education;
- (ii) policy issues relating to Tertiary Education;
Provide support services in respect of IT and laboratory equipment to TEIs; and
Collaborate with other national and international institutions/organizations in matters pertaining to Tertiary Education and Research.

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Last Updated : 12 / 06 / 2013