EKLERAZ Education is indeed a vehicle for social transformation and pursuing higher studies not only provides the young Mauritian with higher income but it also makes that person more employable. Choosing the right field is key indeed to a brighter future and through Ekleraz, we aim at providing information to young people to facilitate their choice for higher education and foster skills development that makes the individual more employable Opportunities and jobs in the ICT sector, one of the most booming sector in Mauritius.

1. Ekleraz initiative
GID – ANPLWA – ICT
YOUTH SCEAL
MAY 2017

2. ABOUT YOUTH SCEAL
Founded in 2013, Youth S.C.E.A.L is a youth led organisation with the overarching aim to be a platform of
information and services fostering self-sustaining communities through capacity building of its inhabitants
(specially the youth) and promotion of education and entrepreneurship.
EKLERAZ PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project is segmented into 3 main components called GAP :-
G – Gid, for career guidance and advice pertaining to career choices/availability based on economic outlook
(and TEC recommendations) and existing facilities (mainly financial) supporting access to higher studies.
A – Anplwa, profiling of unemployed people (specially the unemployed youth) and link them to openings in
various companies or organization of job fairs (with prospective job that fit the set of skills identified during
the profiling of each unemployed individual) to facilitate access to employment.
P – Paspor, focusing here on employability of young Mauritians. Fundamentals of CV writing and grooming
for interviews. Beyond development of essential skills to be more employable, young people will be trained to
job hunt.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
Overall objective
• Economic empowerment of Mauritian youth through education and employment.
Specific objective
• Be a platform of information supporting Mauritian youth to pursue higher studies
and getting employed.
• Boost employability of unemployed individuals living in vulnerable regions and
facilitate access to employment.

3. MAIN SECTORS OF INDUSTRY
(MAURITIUS – WORLD BANK 2016)
Breakdown of
Economic Activity
By Sector
Agriculture Industry Services (Is by far
the largest provider
of employment)
Employment By
Sector (in % of Total
Employment)
8.0 29.8 63.5
Value Added (in % of
GDP)
3.5 21.7 74.8
Value Added (Annual
% Change)
-0.3 -0.7 4.3
http://www.mauritiustrade.mu/en/trading-with-mauritius/mauritius-economics-outline
Socio-Demographic
Indicators
2015 2016 2017 (e)
Unemployment
Rate (%)
7.9 7.5 7.2

4. ICT IN MAURITIUS (YEP REPORT 2014)
http://www.businessmag
.mu/article/marche-du-
travail-ces-secteurs-
pourvoyeurs-demploi-en-
2017
http://www.yep.mu/dow
nload/YEP_Report.pdf
“ICT remains in 2017
one of the sectors
which are constantly
recruiting new talents.
Around 40% of existing
opportunities on job
portals are from this
sector.”

5. FINDING ICT JOBS IN
MAURITIUS
“As a dynamic sector, the ICT has been able to
diversify and set itself as a potential sector for further
economic development. The ICT sector is currently
the third pillar of the economy with a contribution to
GDP presently standing at 6.4% and according to
forecasts at end-2014, it can reach up to 7%, at the
end of 2015” AFRICA MONEY
http://www.mauritiustrade.mu/en/market-survey/market-report?id=459241&type_affichage=

6. JOB OPPORTUNITIES
MYJOB – FIRST JOB PORTAL IN MAURITIUS
• http://myjob.mu/
CAREERHUB -
• hhttps://www.careerhub.mu/
ICT DIRECTORY MAURITIUS – FIND THE RIGHT COMPANY
• http://ictexport.govmu.org/English/Documents/Directory%20of%20IC
T%20companies%20in%20Mauritius%20.pdf

7. GEEK UP YOUR CV
GREAT PLATFORMS TO FIND GREAT IT CVS OR TO
DESIGN SOME

8. PLATFORMS FOR CV
AN OPINITATED GUIDE TO WRITING DEVELOPER RESUME IN 2017
• https://medium.freecodecamp.com/how-to-write-a-good-resume-in-2017-
b8ea9dfdd3b9#.2a4m7oew6
CANVA
• https://www.canva.com/
CVMAKER
• https://cvmkr.com/
KICKRESUME
• https://www.kickresume.com/
VISUALCV
• https://www.visualcv.com/
ENHANCV
• https://enhancv.com/
INBOUND MAURITIUS CV TEMPLATES
• https://inboundmauritius.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/5-tips-for-your-
resume-free-easy-templates/

9. GOVERNMENT
INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
“As one of the measures to address unemployment and skills
mismatch among graduates, the Ministry of Education and
Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research
and the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) with the
joint collaboration of the Private Sector have initiated the
Graduate Training for Employment Scheme (GTES). Under this
scheme, 4 leading ICT companies in Mauritius - namely
Accenture Mauritius, Agileum, Ceridian and Orange Business
Services - have come forward with a Postgraduate Diploma
course in IT, developed with the support of the University of
Technology, Mauritius (UTM) and Ceridian Learning Centre.”
Human Resource Development Council
http://www.hrdc.mu/index.php/news-press/press-releases

10. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES
GRADUATE TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT SCHEME (GTES)
• http://gtes.hrdc.mu/
NATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (NSDP)
• http://nsdp.hrdc.mu/
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME (YEP)
• http://www.yep.mu/
SERVICE TO MAURITIUS (STM)
• http://mof.govmu.org/English/Pages/Internship-under-the-Service-to-Mauritius-
Programme-(STM).aspx

11. FREE RESOURCES FOR
SHAPENING YOUR IT
SKILLS
“With the growing popularity in e-learning, it
occurred to me that the e should mean more than
electronic. If we are going to call it e-learning,
shouldn't it be effective, efficient, and engaging?”
― M David Merrill, First Principles of
Instruction

12. TRAINING – SELF TAUGHT CODING PROGRAMMES
GOOGLE DEVELOPERS
• https://developers.google.com/
MIT OPEN COURSEWARE
• https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
APPLE DEVELOPER SITE
• https://developer.apple.com/
THE WORLD'S LARGEST WEB DEVELOPER SITE
• http://www.w3schools.com/
TUTORIAL POINT
• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/

13. TRAINING – SELF TAUGHT CODING PROGRAMMES
CODEACADEMY
• https://www.codecademy.com/
CODING ANSWERS - COMMUNITY
• www.stackoverflow.com
FREECODECAMP
• www.freecodecamp.com
LARACASTS – NETFLIX FOR YOUR CAREER (WEB DEVELOPMENT)
• https://laracasts.com/

14. TRAINING – SELF TAUGHT PROGRAMMES
ALISON
• https://alison.com/learn/information-technology
UDEMY
• https://www.udemy.com/courses/it-and-software/it-certification/
edX
• https://www.edx.org/free-online-information-technology-it
COURSERA
• https://www.coursera.org/
UDACITY
• https://www.udacity.com/
YOUTUBE TUTORIALS
• https://www.youtube.com/

15. HOT FIELDS
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work”
― ARISTOTLE

16. HOT FIELDS
CLOUD ENGINEER
Eligibility:
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux or Windows environment
• Familiarity with TCP/IP and Networking
Academic Qualifications:
• BSc in IT
Plus:
• Cisco Certification
IT BUSINESS ANALYST
Eligibility
• Good analytical skills
• Knowledge in accountability
Academic Qualifications:
• BSc in IT
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
Eligibility:
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux or Windows environment
• MS SQL / My SQL, Oracle
• Application servers: ASP.NET
Academic Qualifications:
• BSc in IT

17. HOT FIELDS
NETWORK MANAGER
Eligibility:
• Familiarity with TCP/IP and Networking
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux or Windows environment
• Knowledge in Virtualisation
Academic Qualifications:
• BSc in IT
Plus:
• Cisco Certification
WEB DEVELOPER
Eligibility:
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, Node.js, HTML5, CSS, JQuery, JSON,
MS Sql, MySql
• Notion of a PHP framework and CMS like WordPress is required.
Academic Qualifications:
• BSc in IT

18. HOT FIELDS
Important Note : Huge Prospect for the future for Mobile
Application development
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS
Eligibility
Backend: Spring framework java 1.7 (Web, WebMVC, Security, JDBC, Tx),
mybatis, Ehcache, Jasper Reports, Database
Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, Javascript with AngularJS, JQuery, JQueryUi,
Datatables, Highcharts
• Oracle, Postgres, MySQL
• Proficiency with SQL and PLSQL.
Qualifications:
• Certification in Oracle Database
• Certification in Java

19. ICT EVENTS
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary
men. No machine can do the work of one
extraordinary man.”
– Elbert Hubbard

20. EVENEMENT
WEBCUP
• http://maurice.webcup.fr/
ICT INNOVATIVE BUSINESS IDEA
• http://www.ncb.mu/English/Pages/default.aspx
STARTUP WEEKEND
• https://www.facebook.com/StartupWeekendMUR/
KRAKATHON
• http://krakathon.com/

21. EMAIL: youthsceal@gmail.com / Website: www.youthsceal.wordpress.com / Facebook: Youth S.C.E.A.L
EMPOWERING YOUNG MAURITIANS
TO HARNESS THEIR POTENTIAL.
DOCUMENTS CONTRIBUTOR
• AKSHI BOOJHAWON
• AMLESH BAICHU
• MICHEAL RAGAVEN
• MUSHOOD BADULLA
• SEAN FOURMACOU