{"id":294,"date":"2020-07-14T09:55:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T09:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goc2020.govmu.org\/conservatoire\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2020-10-13T06:29:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T06:29:05","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conservatoire.govmu.org\/conservatoire\/?page_id=294","title":{"rendered":"Our Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"294\" class=\"elementor elementor-294\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7654b20 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7654b20\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-463eb0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"463eb0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/p><p>The objects of the Conservatoire are:<\/p><ul><li>manage the Conservatoire and its branches<\/li><li>organise and run music courses, including courses of music technology at all levels<\/li><li>promote music and the Mauritian musical heritage<\/li><li>advise the Minister on short-term and long-term plans for teaching of music and on the need for appropriate research in the field of music<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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It was first set up in 1987 as a section of the then Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture. In 1992, it was established as a trust fund by Act of Parliament, thus becoming a corporate body.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The seat of the Conservatoire National was initially at Eb\u00e8ne, and it started its operations in February 1987, while new premises were being built at Mgr. Murphy Avenue in Quatre-Bornes. The inauguration of the new premises was held on the 21<sup>st<\/sup> of June 1990 in the presence of Honorable Armoogum Parsuramen, Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, and Mrs Danielle Mitterrand.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Starting with less than two hundred students and around ten teachers, the Conservatoire has now become a major partner in the teaching and promotion of music in Mauritius. 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