Rivière du Rempart District


Rivière du Rempart is a district of Mauritius, located in the north-east of the island. It has an area of 147.6 km2 and an estimated population of 108,005, as of 31 December 2015.

Places

The Rivière du Rempart District includes different regions; however, some regions are further divided into different suburbs.

Education

In a 2021 article on education reform for the newspaper Le Mauricien, educator and PTr member Mahend Gungapersad questioned why colleges in rural districts like Rivière du Rempart were not added to the government's list of 12 colleges to be converted into academies.
The district is home to HEI Schools Mauritius, an HEI School for ages 1 to 6, located in Forbach, Rivière du Rempart.
List of secondary schools in Rivière du Rempart
Sharma Jugdambi school launched an "Indian Corner" in 2025 to boost reading and literacy in its young people, and strengthen ties between Mauritius and India. The initiative featured over 500 books from and about India. The project was initiated by Mahend Gungapersad as minister of education and human resources, and Anurag Srivastava as High Commissioner of India.
The Universal college in Rivière du Rempart is a private college founded in 1961, and as of 2015 hosted a variety of classes, from yoga and music to science and business, as well as extracurricular activities including a communal and vegetable garden, reflecting the local community's history of generational farming and tending lands. It was cited in 2018 among Mauritian private colleges with declining enrollments, specifically those where parents wanted better education for their children. As part of a ceremony for the college's 60th anniversary in 2021, then-president of Mauritius Prithvirajsing Roopun visited the establishment to praise its students as well as, with headmistress Anjanee Bolakee-Bhowon, commend the hard work of the faculty members.