A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Ministry of Education, on 13th August 2020, has revised the academic calendar to announce its decision to start the new academic year on August 10th, 2021. According to the revised academic calendar, the first semester of 2020 will extend till December. Although the academic year of 2020 commenced on January 12 with its first semester […]
First lady Fathimath Ibrahim with principals of Male schools First lady Fathimath Ibrahim met with the principals from schools in the capital Male, on Tuesday. Almost all the principals of Male schools including Majeediyya, Aminiya, Hiriyaa, Kalaafaanu, Imadudin, Thajuddeen, Iskandhar and the Centre for Highter Education (CHSE) joined the meeting that was held at Mulee-aage, […]
Hiriya School students and parents leaving after report collection. PHOTO: NSHAN ALI/MIHAARU The education ministry has tasked local company Maxcom to procure over 70,000 tablets for students and teachers, last month. The government had previously announced their decision to digitalize schools by reducing the usage of textbooks in classrooms. While proposing the State Budget 2018 […]
Photo: Mihaaru The education ministry has contracted a technology company to purchase 71,000 tablets for a programme to digitise the schools of the Maldives. According to Mihaaru, the contract was awarded to Maxcom Technologies, a Maldivian company specialising in the retail of technology services. State Minister of Education, Ahmed Shafeeu, told Mihaaru that the ministry […]
Morning assembly at Ghiyasuddin International School with the low turnout of students amidst the current swine flu epidemic in the Maldives. PHOTO/SOCIAL MEDIA The Audit Report for 2015 uncovered that the Ministry of Education had spent more than MVR 800,000 unlawfully. According to the Audit Report for 2015 signed by Auditor General Hassan Ziyath, the schools and […]
Students of Arabiyya School pictured with their final report cards. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU The education ministry in conjunction with the World Bank are to launch a major project of USD 10 million (MVR 154 million) to improve the quality of higher education and human resources in the Maldives. According to education state minister Dr Abdulla […]
Students of Thaajuddin School at an assembly. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU The education ministry declared on Tuesday that students will continue the use of textbooks in schools in the coming year, and that digitalization of schools will occur gradually. The ministry’s statement comes in the wake of finance minister Ahmed Munawar’s revelation that the government plans […]
A student being awarded at the High Achiever’s award function in 2016. PHOTO / MIHAARU The Department of Higher Education (DHE) has changed the High Achiever’s Scholarship guidelines and decided that scholarships will be awarded to select countries. The scholarships will be awarded to students who complete their A’Levels next year with A grades in […]
Mohamed Shakir, the newly appointed state minister of education President Abdulla Yameen has appointed Mohamed Shakir of Haa Alif atoll Dhidhdhoo island as a new state minister at the Ministry of Education. Shakir had previously served as the director of the education ministry’s Administrative Department. The newly appointed Shakir is a veteran in the field […]