Abstract: This small scale study investigates how a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative to extend financial support to a pre-primary school in a deprived area influences the learning experiences of the students in Mauritius. Mauritius is a developing island and like most island states is vulnerable to global forces. Consequently, there is now a call for further partnership between private and public sectors to address developmental issues such as education. Using a qualitative approach, the authors gathered data from teachers (n=6) working in a pre-primary school. The content of the interview were then analysed and emergent themes were obtained. Findings overwhelmingly revealed that this CSR initiative has positively transformed the learning experiences of students. Yet the authors called for even more interventions from CSR companies as data revealed that there remained still more to be done.
Keywords: CSR, learning experiences, deprived area
Title: A CSR Initiative with Implications on the Learning Experiences of Students in a Deprived Area in Mauritius
Author: Nathalie Congo-Poottaren, Audrey Hannelas
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research,
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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