Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) addresses the need for skilled manpower in both existing and emerging economic sectors to be able to compete globally. It targets an increasingly diverse population and includes both new entrants and in service members, with wide ranging educational and social characteristics.

The main provider of the TVET program is the Mauritius Institute of Training and Development (MITD). The MITD offers various technical programs to provide human resource training to meet the needs of the world of work at the middle professional level. The MITD also currently provides courses at the level of National Diploma. In addition to MITD there are about 350 private training institutions, registered with the Mauritius Qualifications Authority (MQA), which offer training, mainly in management and information technology