A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 has brought the world to a standstill, and the education sector is no exception among all the major economic sectors. The fact that education no longer yields the same output it used to in a well-facilitated real environment may be the bitter truth we have to face today. The issue […]
Series of webinars will be conducted to provide information regarding MAPS College’s international and local courses to prospective students, announced MAPS College. The webinars build upon the new normal of online study and communication, providing a great opportunity to communicate information and allow participants to ask any questions they may have from the MAPS College […]
Construction work on the new Dharuvantha School building has started, SJ Construction company has announced. Education Ministry awarded the MVR 74.9 million project to construct the new building for Dharumavantha School in Male’ to SJ Construction on 4th February 2020. Under the contract, SJ Construction has to complete the project within one year. The new […]
The on-going COVID-19 crisis in the Maldives is likely to improve by the end Ramadan, MNU Chancellor Dr Hassan Hameed said during a virtual meeting of Parliament Committee on development and national heritage. Dr Hassan stressed on not losing hope amid the pandemic and stated that despite people’s assumption that the crisis will prolong, the […]
As schools and institutes are closed amid COVID-19 outbreak, teachers and students are navigating to the new reality of remote education. To facilitate this, Dhiraagu has launched an Education Zone (EDU ZONE) on DhiraaguTV. Dhiraagu has collaborated with Hologo, a leading local education content developer that was listed among the top-recommended applications by Apple Inc, to […]
For the first time in the Maldives, Islanders Education is holding a series of webinars for the school communities, in the name of Enovate Online. They have started the webinars as with the current COVID-19 pandemic, the economy is adopting remote teaching and learning. Hence, Islanders Education will be holding their annually held symposium online […]
The government of Maldives has temporarily closed all educational institutes in its efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. With the community spread in the capital city Male’, the uncertainty surrounding the resume of educational institutes rise. The government has started Tele-classes to help students cope with the curriculum, especially for grade 10 students. Universities […]
The Cabinet has decided to extend the closure of government offices, schools, colleges and universities for one more week as a further precautionary measure against COVID-19. The decision was announced following discussions at the Cabinet Meeting held on 31st March at Mulee’aage. The Cabinet reached this decision following discussions on the advice from the Technical […]
As part of the Economic Recovery Plan to minimize the impact on individuals due to COVID-19, the Ministry of Higher Education has announced a deferment of student loan repayments for the National Student Loan Scheme and Educational Assistance Loan Scheme administered by Bank of Maldives. This moratorium allows a deferment of monthly repayments for 6 […]