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New perspectives needed for education system

Adopting new perspectives is the way forward for the education system of the country, President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik said Monday.

May 21, 2013 2 comments
World Bank approves $10 mln education grant

The World Bank has approved a grant of USD10 million to the Maldives to expand and strengthen the education system.

May 02, 2013 2 comments
Requisite for development should be education

The highest requisite for undertaking development projects should be to provide a quality education and to produce high achieving graduates in the Maldives, President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik said Saturday.

April 14, 2013
Beautiful stranger behind Afghan school

QALA-I-GUDAR, Afghanistan, April 14, 2013 (AFP) - At a school in a bombed-out Afghan village near Kabul, Angelina Jolie is known as an aid worker or engineer -- never as one of the world's most famous film stars.

April 14, 2013
Can't give loans for 1,000 students this year

Education Minister Dr Asim Ahmed on Sunday said as a result of the reduced budget this year, the Ministry might not be able to issue higher education loans for 1,000 students.

January 14, 2013
French honour Malala, dad says Taliban lost

PARIS, Jan 10, 2013 (AFP) - The Taliban are fighting a lost cause and must accept peace talks, the father of Malala Yousafzai said Wednesday, accepting a key French award for the Pakistani schoolgirl shot for campaigning for girls' education.

January 10, 2013
Nearly 3/4 of Pakistan girls not in school

ISLAMABAD, Dec 13, 2012 (AFP) - Nearly three quarters of young Pakistani girls are not enrolled in primary school and the number finishing five years in education has declined, a new UN and government report showed Wednesday.

December 13, 2012
'Malala' war chest for girls' education

PARIS, Dec 11, 2012 (AFP) - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari Monday announced a 10-million-dollar donation for a global war chest to educate all girls by 2015 set up in the name of Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education.

December 11, 2012
Ten Maldivians take A level world no 1 spot

Ten Maldivian students have secured the world number one spot in the Edexcel Advanced Level examinations held in May/June this year.

November 09, 2012
Cabinet proposes a new education institute

The cabinet yesterday today proposed President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik to establish a new "National Institute for Education".

October 31, 2012