About

Le Bocage International School (LBIS) is an English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

-medium, private international school

International school

An International school is loosely defined as a school that promotes international education, in an international environment, either by adopting an international curriculum such as that of the International Baccalaureate or Cambridge International Examinations, or by following a national...

 offering educational services to boys and girls from the ages of 11-19. LBIS was founded in 1990 and is located at Mount Ory, Moka

Moka

Moka is a town in Mauritius. It's also the home to the University of Mauritius, the Mahatma Gandhi Institute and the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation....

 (Mauritius

Mauritius

Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...

). LBIS prepares students for the IGCSE

IGCSE

The International General Certificate of Secondary Education is an internationally recognised qualification for school students, typically in the 14–16 age group. It is similar to the GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Standard Grade in Scotland or Junior Certificate in the Republic of...

 and the International Baccalaureate examinations.

Facilities

The school has more than forty teaching rooms including four science laboratories (physics laboratory, chemistry laboratory, biology laboratory), three computer rooms, two art studios, three Design & Technology workshops, a home economics laboratory, a music room and a large purpose-built library with a host of approx. 9,500 resources ranging from science books to fictional books.

Outdoor facilities include a playing field, outdoor hard court surfaces and a multi-purpose sports hall, completed in 2001, which also functions as an auditorium for the many special events held each year such as International Night, Graduation Ceremony and National Day. The school also has a small canteen facility.

Enrollment & Student Body

Enrollment Type	Number (approx.)
Middle School	230
High School	320
Faculty	70

Students are enrolled in Forms 1-7 (UK years 7-13, US grades 6-12) that comprise approximately twenty-seven nationalities. Students come from a wide variety of social and cultural backgrounds, and most are bilingual. 89% of the students are Mauritian.

Accreditation

LBIS is accredited by the Mauritian Ministry of Education and is a fully accredited member of the Council of International Schools

Council of International Schools

The Council of International Schools is a non-profit association of international schools and post-secondary institutions which aims to improve international education...

(CIS)

Governance

LBIS is operated by PROGOS, a non-profit making company that exists solely for the purpose of offering an English medium international education. The Board of Directors is the ultimate authority and delegates management of the school to the Headmaster.

Teaching staff & posts of responsibility

The School employs approximately seventy qualified teachers, many of which hold postgraduate qualifications in education. There are also three librarians, a careers counsellor, a guidance counsellor, a Special Educational Needs team of three teachers and a nurse.

Curriculum responsibilities are shared by Heads of Department in eight key learning areas and the coordinators of the Middle Years, IGCSE and IB Diploma programmes of study.

Academic Programme

The school prepares students for higher education in Mauritius, or abroad. There are three developmental levels of learning adopted, which are as follows:

• Forms 1-3 Contents Standards Framework Curriculum based on 8 key learning areas
• Forms 4-5 The International Certificate of Education (ICE) preparing students for IGCSE examinations
• Forms 6-7 The IB Diploma Programme.

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