Education
Today marks the end of the 2025 academic year, and students from all schools in the Maldives have gone on the major December holiday. As this year's studies come to an end today, report cards were handed out and annual exam results were released in various parts of the Maldives. After a long holiday, the new academic year is scheduled to begin early next year. As is customary with this holiday, many families have prepared to travel to the islands and abroad.
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These reports submitted to the Ministry of Higher Education today are proposals prepared highlighting major financial and social challenges faced by students pursuing higher education. The Ministry informs that these reports mainly focus on the various difficulties encountered by students in paying course fees and managing living expenses. In connection with these complaints from students, the Ministry has now begun studying the issues and working on arranging convenient solutions for the students. It is believed that these proposals will bring about positive changes to the student support policies in the future.
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The Maldives Qualifications Authority (MQA) has decided on December 25, 2025, that PhD degrees awarded in the Maldives will be recognized only after completing three years of full-time study, in order to maintain the quality of PhD programs conducted in the Maldives. This decision was made under the new policy formulated by the MQA to bring the standard of higher education in the Maldives in line with international standards and to strengthen the field of research. In addition, the authority's policy, which was released today, states that students must dedicate their full time to their studies during this period.
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The Islamic University of Maldives (IUM) and Villa College, in collaboration, introduced new scholarship schemes on 25 December 2025 with the aim of facilitating higher education opportunities for students. These schemes are opportunities opened up by the two institutions to provide financial assistance to students who need to study in various fields and to raise the educational standards of the country. The two institutions have stated that students selected under these scholarships will be able to pursue higher education easily.
