Senior Program Associate Paul McAdams was in Mauritius from 5-10 April. Over the past four years HREA has worked with the Ministry of Education and the national teacher training institute to develop and implement a national human rights education curriculum in secondary schools. In addition to several assessments, we have conducted teacher trainings and developed a curriculum to be included in social studies courses. Paul was in Mauritius for a “validation workshop” during which the curriculum was reviewed by teachers and education officials.
The Commonwealth Secretariat hopes that Mauritius can be a model for other island states that are members of the Commonwealth and support the roll out of national human rights education curricula.