Adolphe de Plevitz SSS

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Adolphe de Plevitz SSS
Sottise Road, Grand Baie

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Coordinates 20°01′13″S57°34′47″E / 20.020369°S 57.579787°E / -20.020369; 57.579787
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School type Secondary School
MottoWorld Class Education For All
School district Rivière du Rempart District
RectorMrs B.Z. Bholah Mookith
GenderBoys
Classes offeredGrade 7 - 13 (Form 1 - Upper 6)
LanguageEnglish, French, Creole
Classrooms32
Colour(s)  Dark Blue
  White
Website adp.edu.gov.mu


Adolphe de Plevitz State Secondary School is a boys' state secondary school based in Grand-Baie, Mauritius. [1] Students are prepared for the National Certificate Education (NCE), School Certificate (SC) and the Higher School Certificate (HSC). [2]

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History

When it was first inaugurated in 2003 the school was originally named "Royal College, Grand Bay". [3] However it was later renamed after the renowned French philanthropist and social worker Adolphe de Plevitz who fought for basic working rights of sugar-cane labourers in Mauritius in the 19th century. [4]

Infrastructure

The school is located at Sottise Road, Grand Bay, Mauritius and is opposite Grand Bay Clinic. The school building is square-shaped and has two storeys. It includes 32 Classrooms, Workshops for technical classes, Art rooms, Computer Science laboratories, laboratories for Chemistry, Physics and Biology. There is also a library, staff-room, gymnasium, lecture theatre and multimedia room. [5]

Laureate

Yogesh Koomar Jagessur became the first student of this secondary school to win a scholarship at the Higher School Certificate in the Science field in 2012. [6] [7]

See also

References

  1. "List of Secondary Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  2. "State Secondary Schools". Ministry of Education and Human Resources. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. "School History Adolphe de Plevitz SSS". Ministry of Education and Human Resources. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  4. "Biography Adolphe de Plevitz". Histoire Ithier. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  5. "Ministry of Education and Human Resources". Adolphe de Plevitz SSS. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  6. "Lauréats : A. de Plevitz SSS de Grand-Baie et Ebène (filles) défient les Star Colleges" (in French). L'Express . Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  7. "Yogesh Kumar Jagessar lauréat côté Sciences". lemauricien.com. Le Mauricien. Retrieved 2012-02-06.