{"id":7304,"date":"2026-03-11T11:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/?page_id=7304"},"modified":"2026-03-24T10:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:25:19","slug":"presidential-flagship-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/presidential-flagship-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Flagship Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7304\" class=\"elementor elementor-7304\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca5e2ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ca5e2ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b2c6db elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"6b2c6db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"presidential-initiatives\">\r\n  <div class=\"pi-container\">\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"pi-heading\">\r\n      <span class=\"pi-kicker\">Under the Patronage of the President of the Republic of Mauritius<\/span>\r\n      <h2>Presidential National Initiatives<\/h2>\r\n      <p>\r\n        Supporting innovation, critical thinking, and youth development through flagship national programmes.\r\n      <\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"pi-grid\">\r\n      \r\n      <!-- Card 1 -->\r\n      <article class=\"pi-card\">\r\n        <div class=\"pi-image\">\r\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Learn-Ai.jpg\" alt=\"Learn-AI School Innovation Challenge 2026\">\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"pi-content\">\r\n          <span class=\"pi-tag\">Innovation & AI<\/span>\r\n          <h3>Learn-AI School Innovation Challenge 2026<\/h3>\r\n          <p>\r\n            Preparing Mauritian students for the future of Artificial Intelligence through innovation, \r\n            digital creativity, and competition-based learning.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n          <a class=\"pi-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learn-ai.school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n            Explore Learn-ai.school\r\n          <\/a>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/article>\r\n\r\n      <!-- Card 2 -->\r\n      <article class=\"pi-card\">\r\n        <div class=\"pi-image\">\r\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/503883990_122132580746749960_6436538797188958837_n.jpg\" alt=\"National Essay Competition 2026\">\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"pi-content\">\r\n          <span class=\"pi-tag\">Education & Civic Values<\/span>\r\n          <h3>National Essay Competition 2026<\/h3>\r\n          <p>\r\n            Encouraging students across Mauritius to reflect on national values, leadership, civic responsibility, \r\n            and the future of the Republic through thoughtful written expression.\r\n          <\/p>\r\n          <a class=\"pi-button\" href=\"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/National-Essay-Competition-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n            Primary\/Secondary Level\r\n          <\/a>\r\n                    <\/p>\r\n          <a class=\"pi-button\" href=\"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Official-National-Essay-Competition-2026-for-Tertiary-Education-sector.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n            Tertiary Level\r\n          <\/a>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/article>\r\n    \r\n    <!-- Card 3 -->\r\n<article class=\"pi-card\">\r\n  <div class=\"pi-image\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dukesofedinburg.webp\" alt=\"The Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s International Award \u2013 Mauritius\">\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div class=\"pi-content\">\r\n    <span class=\"pi-tag\">Youth Development & Leadership<\/span>\r\n    <h3>The Duke of Edinburgh\u2019s International Award \u2013 Mauritius<\/h3>\r\n    <p>\r\n      A globally recognised youth development programme under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Mauritius, empowering young people through service, skills, resilience, and leadership.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n    <a class=\"pi-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mys.govmu.org\/Pages\/Youth%20Empowerment\/DofE.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n      Discover Programme\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/article>\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    \r\n    \r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the Patronage of the President of the Republic of Mauritius Presidential National Initiatives Supporting innovation, critical thinking, and youth development through flagship national programmes. Innovation &#038; AI Learn-AI School Innovation Challenge 2026 Preparing Mauritian students for the future of Artificial Intelligence through innovation, digital creativity, and competition-based learning. Explore Learn-ai.school Education &#038; Civic Values [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"wf_page_folders":[],"class_list":["post-7304","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7304"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7622,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7304\/revisions\/7622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=7304"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=7304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}