the transition rate will thus be increased as more students will be allowed or able to access secondary schooling and move on to the tertiary level by having more students graduating at the tertiary level greater numbers of young people will become members of society able to contribute to sustainable development in mauritius first teachers teach the essential learning competencies elc for standards iii iv and v to ensure that pupils are ready to address the elc component of the cpe next to boost their selfesteem a model question paper focussing on the elc component is completed by pupils