Minister Dookun-Lunhoomun is currently the Minister of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology. Leela Devi was appointed on November 12, 2019. She is also the former Minister of Social Security of Mauritius as well as a former Minister of Arts & Culture.
Leela Devi has been an Education Officer, a Part time Lecturer at the Mauritius Institute of Education., and the Vice President of MSM party/ President of women’s wing MSM party.She is a farmer by profession. She is well known for being a highly renowned Primary Teacher in the country.
Leela Devi holds a BSc Hons from the University of Delhi and completed her Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the MIE and her Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDip) from the University of Brighton.