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.
| Bon Accueil State College | |
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Royal Road, Bon Accueil | |
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| Type | State secondary school |
| Established | 11 January 2003 |
| Rector | Mr. Shobhanund JHAREE |
| Staff | 17 |
| Faculty | 68 |
| Forms | I – VI |
| Gender | Girls |
| Number of students | 851 |
| Website | basc |
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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]
References edit
- ^ a b School Profile, Bon Accueil State College, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Government of Mauritius, retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ a b "BASC History", Bon Accueil State College, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Government of Mauritius, retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "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).
- ^ Kamlesh Bhuckory, "HSC 2016: ces collèges qui brillent dans l'ombre", Le Défi Media, 3 February 2017 (in French).
- ^ "HSC 2018: collège kraz krazé, dites-vous?", L'Express, 10 February 2019 (in French).
- ^ "Lancement: Un journal électronique pour le Bon Accueil SSS", Le Mauricien, 11 October 2011 (in French).
- ^ "Éducation: Une 'digital room' inaugurée au Bon Accueil State College", Le Mauricien, 6 October 2012 (in French).
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Quatre ans après: Soodarshan Gajadhur met en orbite le collège Sookdeo Bissoondoyal", L'Express, 9 February 2019 (in French).
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Bon Accueil SSS: les élèves s'organisent pour bloquer le transfert de leur recteur", L'Express, 3 February 2020 (in French).