Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Didactics - Computer Science, , language: English, abstract: In this paper, we highlight the importance of teaching Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) to students. An analysis is carried out to determine if Mauritian Universities are emphasing sufficiently on teaching OOP to their students. The undergraduate courses consisting of at least one computer programming module were considered in the analysis. These courses were offered by the university of Mauritius (UOM) and University of technology (UTM) in 2015.