Structure of Presentation
1. Overview of tertiary education
2. Place occupied by IT in the current tertiary education landscape
3. HRP at the level of TEC
LIPFS
GRADUATE TRACER STUDY
OVERVIEW OF TERTIARY EDUCATION
MAURITIUS
Publicly-Funded Institutions (11) ( 2 universities: University of Mauritius & University of Technology, Mauritius)
(Enrolment : 19,867 students)
(Around 380 programmes)
(staff of around 2200)
Private Institutions (50)(Enrolment: 10,400 students)
(Around 270 programmes)
(Staff of 795)
Overseas (Enrolment: 12,000 students: Australia- 3,925; UK- 2910; France 2,010; India- 1050)
Tertiary Education Commission-April 2010
Evolution of Enrolment in Tertiary
Education, 2000-2009
15,880 17,37215,464
13,39711,71312,710
9,88011,021
9,057
19,867
9,612
10,003
9,2938,1107,515
5,255
6,100 7,242 7,507 10,400
2,423 3,0194,791 5,468
6,846 7,3578,473
9,531
11,248 12,000
38,623
(41.4%)35,023
(37.3%)
33,230
(34.1%)28,864
(28.4%)
26,074
(24.2%)
25,685
(23.1%)
21,913
(19.2%)
20,140
(17.7%)
16,735
(15.1%)
42,267
(45%)
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009*
Year
Nu
mb
er
Publicly Funded Institutions Private / DE Overseas Total Enrolment
NB: Figures between brackets shows GTER
Evolution of Enrolment: Some
Observations
Significant and sustained increase in
enrolment at tertiary level over the last 10
years (Avg growth of 10.8% p.a)
Gross Tertiary Enrolment Rate has
increased from 15% in 2000 to 45% (est.)in
2009 (2005: 28%)
Enrolment Trend by Fields of Study, 2005-2009
Fields of Study 2005 2006 2007 20082009
(Est)
Research 185 196 216 219 217
Research (MPhil/PhD) 185 196 204 207 205
MRes - - 12 12 12
Science & Technology Related 9577 10947 11,172 11,598 12,240
Agriculture 253 293 351 338 350
Architecture 125 148 103 134 140
Dentistry 197 252 301 331 360
Engineering 1430 1776 2120 2,780 3,025
Health Sciences 262 370 535 622 640
Information Technology 4134 3971 3700 3,448 3,495
Mathematics 377 387 436 441 475
Medicine 1432 1773 1834 1,940 2,050
Pharmacy 144 183 165 174 185
Science 1098 1368 1264 1,119 1,180
Cont.
Fields of Study 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Others 19,102 22,087 23,635 26,806 29,789
Accounting 3154 3655 4353 5,139 5,780
Administration/Management 3786 4576 4684 5,168 5,650
Arts 607 619 535 553 580
Banking / Finance 504 663 814 981 1,210
Business / Commerce / Marketing 1744 1901 2265 3,096 3,350
Communication 340 498 427 451 490
Design &Fashion 176 - - - -
Counselling - - - 62 93
Economics 635 688 732 763 810
Education 3108 4126 4187 4,530 5,165
Fisheries Study - - - 17 15
Humanities 389 796 566 542 570
Languages 1412 1335 1389 1,292 1,360
Law 793 1016 1067 1,195 1,300
Library 69 - - - -
Police Studies 212 153 91 6 6
Psychology - - 24 35 107
Social Science 523 462 691 918 950
Transport 61 - - - 0
Travel / Hotel / Tourism 930 1308 1268 1,443 1,631
Religious Studies 29 - 115 67 70
Others 630 291 427 548 671
Grand Total 28,864 33,230 35,023 38,623 42,267
Trend in Total Enrolment and ICT Enrolment in
Tertiary Education,2000-2009
16,759
21,94926,074
33,230
38,623
42,246
35,023
28,864
25,685
20,154
3,4953,4483,7003,9714,1344,7334,5094,086
3,5692,314
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Year
Nu
mb
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Total Enrolment ICT Enrolment
Evolution of IT Enrolment: Some
Observations
In contrast to total enrolment trends,
enrolment in IT has followed a downward
trend in last 5 years
Peak attained in 2004: 4,733 students
Enrolment declined by 9.4% annually on
average over last 5 years
Present enrolment: some 3,500
Observations
ICT Enrolment from 2000-2009 and Projections
for 2010-2012
Year
ICT EnrolmentICT
Enrolment
as a % of
Total
Enrolment
Publicly - Funded
Institutions
Distance Education
/ Private Providers Overseas ICT Total
Total
Enrolment
2000 692 1,381 241 2,314 16,759 13.8
2001 1,046 2,158 365 3,569 20,154 17.7
2002 1,506 1,962 618 4,086 21,949 18.6
2003 2,162 1,543 804 4,509 25,685 17.6
2004 2,141 1,723 869 4,733 26,074 18.2
2005 2,020 1,261 853 4,134 28,864 14.3
2006 1,828 1,255 888 3,971 33,230 12.0
2007 1,642 1,172 886 3,700 35,023 10.6
2008 1,666 756 1026 3,448 38,623 8.9
2009 1,501 1061(Est) 933 (Est) 3,495 42,267 8.3
2010 1603(Est) 996(Est) 948(Est) 3,547 45,000 7.9
2011 1590 (Est) 938(Est) 969(Est) 3,497 48,000 7.3
2012 1564(Est) 998(Est) 950(Est) 3,512 51,000 6.9
The supply of IT graduates and projections
for 2010-2012
Year
ICT Output
Publicly - Funded
Institutions
Distance Education /
Private Providers Overseas ICT Total
2006 875 225 300 1,400
2007 704 250 230 1,184
2008 440 275 280 995
2009(Est) 520 285 230 1,035
2010 480 275 270 1,025
2011 510 260 260 1,030
2012 515 250 250 1,015
Number of IT Programmes in PFI’s and Private
Institutions distributed by Level
Level PFIs Private Total
Master 10 9 19
PG Diploma 1 3 4
Degree 24 22 46
Diploma 9 7 16
Certificate - 1 1
Prof. - 1 1
Total 44 43 87
Number of IT Programmes in PFI’s and
Private Institutions
Total no .of IT courses 2005: 66 (public 36;
private-30)
Net increase: 21 IT courses
public: 8; Private: 13
IT & IT Related Programmes in PFI’s
1 MSc Software Project Management
2 MSc Software Engineering Projects and Management
3 MSc Software Engineering
4 MSc Multimedia Systems
5 MSc Internet Technology and Web Development
6 MSc Computer Security and Forensics
7MSc Computer Science spec. in Dist Syst. or Multimedia
or Software Engineering
8 MSc Computer Science
Cont.
9 MSc Computer Networking
10 MSc Computer Mediated Communication & Pedagogies
11 Post Graduate Certificate Education - Computer Studies
12 BSc Web Technologies
13 BSc Statistics with Computer Science
14 BSc Software Engineering
15 BSc Physics with Computing
16 BSc Mathematics with Computer Science
Cont.
IT & IT Related Programmes in PFI’s
IT & IT Related Programmes in PFI’s
17 BSc Management (Minor: Information Systems)
18 BSc Information Technology Enabled Services
19 BSc Information Technology
20 BSc Information Technology (upgrade programme)
21 BSc Information Systems
22 BSc Information and Communication Technologies
23 BSc Electronics and Computer Science
24 BSc Computer Studies Cont.
IT & IT Related Programmes in PFI’s
25 BSc Computer Science with Network Security
26 BSc Computer Science and Engineering
27 BSc Computer Science
28 BSc Computer Applications
29 BSc Business Information Systems
30 BSc Business Informatics
31 BSc Business Informatics (upgrade programme)
32 BSc Business Economics with Information Systems
Cont.
IT & IT Related Programmes in PFI’s
33 BSc Accounting (Minor: Information Systems)
34 Bachelor of Education - Computer Studies
35 BA Graphic Design with Animation
36 HND Graphic Design and Multi media
37 DUST - Informatique Appliquée
38 DUST - Génie Electrique et Informatique Industrielle
39 Diploma Web and Multimedia
40 Diploma in Software Development
Cont.
IT & IT Related Programmes in PFI’s
41 Diploma in Networking and Operations Systems
42 Diploma in Information System
43 Diploma in Information and Communication Technology
44 Diploma in Business Informatics
IT & IT Related Programmes in Private
Institutions
1 MSc Information Technology
2 MSc in Strategic Business IT
3 Master of Science in Information Technology
4 Master of Computing
5 Master of Computer Application
6 Master of Commerce - Information System
7
Master of Business Administration with specialisation
in Banking or Human Resource or Finance or
Marketing or Information Systems on Retail
Management
8 Master of Information Technology Cont.
IT & IT Related Programmes in Private
Institutions
9 Master in Computer Applications (Conversion)
10Professional Graduate Diploma in Information
Technology
11 Post Graduate Diploma Information Technology IT
12 Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Business IT
13 PG Diploma in Hardware and Networking
14 BSc Computer Science
15 BSc (Hons) Information Technology
16 BSc (Hons) Information Technology (upgrade)
Cont.
IT & IT Related Programmes in Private
Institutions
17 BSc (Hons) in Software Engineering
18 BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology ( Top-Up)
19 BSc (Hons) Business Informatics
20 BSc (Hons) Business Informatics(upgrade)
21 BE in Information Science and Engineering
22 BE in Computer Science and Engineering
23 BCS - Professional Graduate Diploma
24 BCS - Diploma
25 BCS - Certificate
Cont.
IT & IT Related Programmes in Private
Institutions
26 BCom with Specialisation in Informatics
27 BCom Business Information Technology
28Bachelor of Science in Computing and Information
Systems
29 Bachelor of Information Technology
30 Bachelor of Commerce - Information System
31 Bachelor in Computer Applications
32 Bachelor (Hons) Computing and Internet Systems
33 BA (Hons) Business Computing (Top-Up)
34 B.Sc (Hons) ComputingCont.
IT & IT Related Programmes in Private
Institutions
35 B.Sc (Hons) Computer Science
36 Advanced Diploma in Hardware and Networking (ADHN)
37 International Diploma in Computer Studies
38 International Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies
39Diplome D' Université (DU) and DEUST D' Informatique
Appliquée
40 Diploma in Information Technology
41 Diploma Business Informatics
42 Certificate in Information Technology
43BTS Informatique de Gestion Mention Developpeur
D'Applications
Awarding Institutions in Private Institutions
University of Huddersfield, UK
University of Portsmouth, UK
University of Teeside, UK
University of Hertfordshire, UK
University of Greenwich, UK
BCS, UK
NCC Education & London Metropolitan University, UK
University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Awarding Institutions in Private Institutions
Université Paris VI, France
L'Académie de La Reunion, Réunion
UNISA, South Africa
Annamalai University, India
Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India
Visvesvaraya Technological University, India
EIILM University, Sikkim, India
Sikkim Manipal University, India
HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
INSTRUMENT
1.Graduate Tracer Studies
2. List of Indicative Priority Fields of Study
(LIPFS)
Tertiary Education Commission-April 2010
GRADUATE TRACER STUDY
Study of Graduates Experience with regard to the world of work
Last study: published 2008
Targeted total of 2,450 graduates (2,342 UoM and 108 UTM) or
50% sample of graduate cohorts over period 2001 to 2005
Cont.
GRADUATE TRACER STUDY
OBJECTIVES :
Establish length of time it takes graduates to find a job that corresponds to their qualification
Estimate proportion in employment, unemployed, underemployed, further studies
Assess graduates’ salaries and extent of job
satisfaction, etc
Methodology
A survey questionnaire comprised of 34 questions comprising issues related to
(i) The characteristics, socio-economic background and further studies of graduates
(i) The labour market experiences of graduates, and
(i) The quality of Tertiary education provision and their contribution to graduates’ personal development
GRADUATE TRACER STUDY:
FINDINGS
GRADUATE (Overall) IT Graduate IT &IT Related
Graduates
Average Salary
(Rs)
16,736 19,500 18,800
Job
Requirement
(Degree or
Higher)
75.3% 90.8% 85.5%
Ended up in a
profession which
they had
contemplated of
making a career
in,prior to joining
the university
34.8% 58.8%
Time to get a
job –Less than
one year
85% 92.7% 92.4%
GRADUATE IT Graduate IT &IT
RelatedGraduate
Employment
Sector
Private Sector
Public Sector
59.2%
39.6%
74.6%
8%
72.8%
8.9%
Working Full Time 87.6% 95% 92%
GRADUATE TRACER STUDY:
OBSERVATIONS
Findings show that, in general, IT Graduates
are faring better than other graduates in the
labour market
List of Indicative Priority Fields of Study
Published every 2 years
Determine fields deemed priority to country
Aim at ensuring optimum utilisation of high
level human resources and minimise
mismatch in graduate labour market
List of Indicative Priority Fields of Study
3 Main Objectives:
(i) Guide students in their choice of their fields of study at Tertiary level, in line with the country’s priority needs
(ii) Assist in award scholarships
(iii) Capacity building at the tertiary level
List of Indicative Priority Fields of Study
Methodology
.Working Group: public and private sector oversee the exercise
Situation analysis: State of Graduate labour market assessed ( inventory of studies, reports, statistical digests, etc; stats on employment, unemployment, recruitment -scarcity areas, work permits, etc)
Employers survey to assess demand (all public institutions and sample of private firms)
Also, Key informants survey
Cont.
List of Indicative Priority Fields of Study
Questions about:
(i) Present problems in recruitment of
graduates/scarcity field areas
(ii) Recruitment plan for next five years
List of Indicative Priority Fields of Study
List compiled by looking at Employers’
demand for as well as supply of graduates
(existing and projected: using enrolment
data) and estimate gaps
Programmes Available in the PFI’s/Private
Institutions as per the LIPFS 2009-2010
Undergraduate Level-Computing
Fields Programmes Available
1. Computer Science/Information and Communication Technology
(34 courses)
1. B.Sc (Hons) Computer Science
2. B.Sc (Hons) Computing
3. Bachelor (Hons) Computing and Internet Systems
4. Bachelor in Computer Applications
5. Bachelor of Information Technology
6. Bachelor of Science in Computing and Information Systems
7. BCom Business Information Technology
8. BCom with Specialisation in Informatics
9. BCS – Certificate
10. BCS – Diploma
11. BCS - Professional Graduate Diploma
12. BE in Computer Science and Engineering
13. BE in Information Science and Engineering
Programmes Available in the PFI’s/Private
Institutions as per the LIPFS 2009-2010
Fields Programmes Available
1. Computer Science/Information and Communication Technology
14. BSc (Hons) Business Informatics
15. BSc (Hons) Business Informatics(upgrade)
16. BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology ( Top-Up)
17. BSc (Hons) Information Technology
18. BSc (Hons) Information Technology (upgrade)
19. BSc Business Informatics
20. BSc Business Informatics (upgrade programme)
21. BSc Computer Applications
22. BSc Computer Science and Engineering
23. BSc Computer Studies
24. BSc Information and Communication Technologies
25. BSc Information Technology Enabled Services
Undergraduate Level-Computing
Programmes Available in the PFI’s/Private
Institutions as per the LIPFS 2009-2010
Fields Programmes Available
1. Computer Science/Information and Communication Technology
26. BTS Informatique de Gestion Mention Developpeur D'Applications
27. Certificate in Information Technology
28. Diploma in Business Informatics
29. Diploma in Information and Communication Technology
30. Diploma in Information Technology
31. Diplome D' Université (DU) and DEUST D' Informatique Appliquée
32. DUST - Informatique Appliquée
33. International Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies
34. International Diploma in Computer Studies
Undergraduate Level-Computing
Programmes Available in the PFI’s/Private
Institutions as per the LIPFS 2009-2010
Fields Programmes Available
2. Web Designing
(2 courses)
1. BSc Web Technologies
2. Diploma Web and Multimedia
3. E-Commerce/E-Marketing
(none)
-
4. Information Systems
(8 courses)
1. BSc Information Systems
2. BSc Business Information Systems
3. BSc Business Economics with Information Systems
4. Bachelor of Science in Computing and Information Systems
5. Bachelor of Commerce - Information System
6. BSc Accounting (Minor:Information System)
7. BSc Management (Minor Information System)
8. Diploma in Information System
Undergraduate Level-Computing
Programmes Available in the PFI’s/Private
Institutions as per the LIPFS 2009-2010
Fields Programmes Available
5. IT with Forensics-Cyber Law and Cyber Crime
(none)
-
6. Software Development
(only one course)
1. Diploma in Software Development
7. Software Engineering
(only one course)
1. BSc Software Engineering
8. Systems Analyst/Design/Administration
(none)
-
9. Telecommunication and Networking
(2 courses)
1. Advanced Diploma in Hardware and Networking (ADHN)
2. Diploma in Networking and Operations Systems
Undergraduate Level-Computing
Programmes Available in the PFI’s/Private
Institutions as per the LIPFS 2009-2010
Fields Programmes Available
1. Business Information systems with specialisation in Network Technology/Intelligent Systems
(none)
-
2. Database and Network Administration
(2 courses)
1. MSc Computer Networking
2. PG Diploma in Hardware and Networking
3. Development of Internet-Based Solutions
(one course)
1. MSc Internet Technology and Web Development
4. E-Commerce/E-Business/E-Logistics/E-Marketing
(none)
-
5. Information Management and Systems
(none)
-
Postgraduate Level-Computing
Programmes Available in the PFI’s/Private
Institutions as per the LIPFS 2009-2010
Fields Programmes Available
6. Internet Security
(one)
1. MSc Computer Security and Forensics
7. Multimedia and Interactive Computer Systems
(2 courses)
1. MSc Multimedia Systems
2. MSc Computer Science spec. in Dist Syst. or Multimedia or Software Engineering
8. Software Development/Engineering
(3 courses)
1. MSc Software Engineering
2. MSc Software Engineering Projects and Management
3. MSc Computer Science spec. in Dist Syst. Or Multimedia or Software Engineering
9. Web Design and Development
(one course)
1. MSc Internet Technology and Web Development
Postgraduate Level-Computing
Some Observations
Supply in terms of course provision
is in a large measure being attended
to (no. of courses- o.k; quantity
produced in existing areas may need
to be increased).
Still, a no. of priority fields in IT are
not being offered locally which implies
that more new courses need to be
introduced in future (diversify into new
areas)
Some Observations
Indications show that prospects for IT
professionals in the labour market are very
good compared to the average graduate
(salary, time taken to find employment, etc)
However problems seem to exist with regard to
the demand for IT courses at the tertiary level:
Some in-depth investigations may be needed
to understand why less and less students are
opting for IT over time?
WAY FORWARD
Need to encourage more students to take IT (or Maths) at secondary and tertiary level (career guidance)
More employers/job fairs: to provide information to secondary students on scope for employment in the IT sector
Greater Industry and University collaboration: capacity building/ staff and information exchange to assist in designing new curricula/courses and fine-tuning exiting ones, in line with industry needs