{"id":3129,"date":"2025-05-31T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T08:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/?p=3129"},"modified":"2025-06-02T08:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:35:01","slug":"the-dukes-of-edinburgs-international-award-at-state-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/the-dukes-of-edinburgs-international-award-at-state-house\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dukes of Edinburg&#8217;s International Award at State House"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3129\" class=\"elementor elementor-3129\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-439716a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"439716a\" 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-60cafdd elementor-arrows-position-inside 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alt=\"502757696_122132078468749960_5858263057103939010_n\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"15 of 15\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/503266916_122132078876749960_7887462637354615284_n-768x683.jpg\" alt=\"503266916_122132078876749960_7887462637354615284_n\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50da55f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"50da55f\" 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-64c38fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64c38fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wonderful moments as the State House hosted the two-day Gold Award Ceremony of the The Duke of Edinburgh&#8217;s International Award &#8211; Mauritius this week. As President of the Republic and new Patron of this transformative programme, it was a joy to celebrate the achievements of our exceptional young people.<\/p><p>I commend the Ministry of Youth and Sports for their years of dedication and successful implementation of the programme. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to our Awardees as well as their proud educators and parents. It is encouraging to see such strong youth participation &#8211; 261 Gold awardees this year &#8211; in a programme that complements formal education by nurturing resilience, leadership, and life skills.<\/p><p>As we step into an era shaped by Artificial Intelligence, our youth must navigate this new world wisely by never losing sight of emotional intelligence and spiritual awareness.<br \/>Together, let us build a Mauritius where our young people are not only skilled, but are also human and life-ready.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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>Wonderful moments as the State House hosted the two-day Gold Award Ceremony of the The Duke of Edinburgh&#8217;s International Award &#8211; Mauritius this week. As President of the Republic and new Patron of this transformative programme, it was a joy to celebrate the achievements of our exceptional young people. 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