Bon Accueil State College

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Bon Accueil State College
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Location
Bon Accueil State College
Royal Road, Bon Accueil

Mauritius
Information
TypeState secondary school
Established11 January 2003 (2003-01-11)
RectorMr. Shobhanund JHAREE
Staff17
Faculty68
FormsI – VI
GenderGirls
Number of students851
Website basc.edu.govmu.org/English/Pages/default.aspx
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Bon Accueil State College or Bon Accueil State Secondary School, S.S.S. Bon Accueil, is an academic secondary school for girls in Bon Accueil, in the Flacq district of Mauritius.

The school was established as a state sixth form college; the foundation stone was laid in December 2001 and the school opened on 11 January 2003 [1] with 210 lower VI students. In January 2006 it was made a Form I–VI school and renamed to Bon Accueil State College. [2] Nobel Prize winner Jean-Marie Leclézio visited the school as part of its tenth-anniversary celebrations. [3] It specialises in the arts and has had among the best results in annual examinations. [4] [5]

The school's rector was Yahya Khoyrutty in 2011, when the school was named a Microsoft Pathfinder School and became one of the first in Mauritius to digitise its magazine, [6] and in 2012. [7] By 2013, the rector was Soobeeraj Parmessa, [8] who later became rector of Sookdeo Bissoondoyal State College in Rose-Belle. [9] In January 2020, the Ministry of Education announced the transfer of the rectors of Bon Accueil and Dr. Maurice Curé state colleges to different posts, prompting student demonstrations at both schools; [10] the rector of Bon Accueil had been in the position for only a couple of weeks. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 School Profile, Bon Accueil State College, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Government of Mauritius, retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 "BASC History", Bon Accueil State College, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Government of Mauritius, retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bon-Accueil SSS—En Présence du Prix Nobel: Les élèves mettent en scène des écrits de J.M.G. Leclézio", Le Mauricien, 22 June 2013 (in French).
  4. ↑ Kamlesh Bhuckory, "HSC 2016: ces collèges qui brillent dans l'ombre", Le Défi Media, 3 February 2017 (in French).
  5. ↑ "HSC 2018: collège kraz krazé, dites-vous?", L'Express, 10 February 2019 (in French).
  6. ↑ "Lancement: Un journal électronique pour le Bon Accueil SSS", Le Mauricien, 11 October 2011 (in French).
  7. ↑ "Éducation: Une 'digital room' inaugurée au Bon Accueil State College", Le Mauricien, 6 October 2012 (in French).
  8. ↑ Soobeeraj Parmessa, "The Teacher Aheading The Third Millennium: A Reflection On Teachers' Day", Bon Accueil State College, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Government of Mauritius, [1998], 2013, retrieved 13 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Quatre ans après: Soodarshan Gajadhur met en orbite le collège Sookdeo Bissoondoyal", L'Express, 9 February 2019 (in French).
  10. ↑ Shivanee Vencatachellum, "Transferts de recteurs: des élèves du collège Maurice Curé et de Bon-Accueil SSS font un 'sit-in'", Le Défi Media, 31 January 2020 (in French).
  11. ↑ "Bon Accueil SSS: les élèves s'organisent pour bloquer le transfert de leur recteur", L'Express, 3 February 2020 (in French).

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