Dr Maurice Curé State College: the history beghind the school

The Dr Maurice Curé State Secondary school opened its doors for the girls in 1977 at a time when free education had only just been introduced in Mauritius. In honour to those who made this possible the new school situated at Vacoas was named after one of the founders of the Mauritian Labour Party, Dr Maurice Curé. It is a matter of pride to know that our school was only the third secondary school for girls.

  

For those who remember the old green building made of wood, it used to be a hospital for The Royal Navy which then got converted into a building to provide education to girls. To populate the school an ad was placed in the newspapers and girls from other schools were accepted. At that time Dr Maurice Curé was just a state school, it was only later that it became known as a star school.

You will be surprised to know that our school which now houses close to 1000 pupils used to constitute of only 74 students divided in two classes and 7 teachers. The yard was mostly green with grass and more trees than classes. The school body were all held in the old green building which was brought down in 2008 to be replaced by The Administration building. In 1977 there was no rector, the school were managed by Miss Medha Motee and Mr Goordyall. The school’s first rector,Miss Arlette Bazire came in 1980 and from then the construction and the development of the school began. Laboratories were installed and more buildings were built to house the ever-growing population.

Dr Maurice Curé SSS got its first laureates in 1984,Dehoutee Balgobin and Marie Louise Gautray and from then on the rector changed and new teachers were brought in order to make DMC one of the best secondary school in Mauritius and they succeeded.

Even now we still have the best teachers at our disposal and it is within our reach to make the name of the school shine. So even though we have not had any laureates for the past two years, we know we will not give up. Our school is still among the best. We, the new generations, will willingly contribute to the enhancing of our school’s history and to add our names to the board of laureates ornating the wall of the school’s gymnasium.