Maldives - History & Background, Constitutional & Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary & Primary Education, Secondary Education - NONFORMAL EDUCATION, SUMMARY
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| BASIC DATA
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| Official Country Name:
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Republic of Maldives
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| Region:
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East & South Asia
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| Population:
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301,475
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| Language(s):
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Maldivian Dhivehi, English
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| Literacy Rate:
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93.2%
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In the nonformal sector the government offers a Condensed Education Program called "Second Chance" to those youth and adults who have not had the opportunity to complete primary and secondary education. Short courses in areas such as early childhood care and development and languages are also provided.
Education is a priority in the Maldives because it is seen as vital to the nation's participation in the international forum in this age of globalization. A key issue in educational planning and development in the Maldives is achieving a balance between the preservation of indigenous knowledge and local roots and scientific, technological knowledge and global perspective.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Asian Development Bank. "Social sector Profile: Maldives, Social development Issues for the Twenty-first Century." Asian Development Bank, 2000.
Gayoom, Maumoon Abdul. The Maldives: A Nation in Peril. Ministry of Planning Human Resources and Environment, 1998.
Ministry of Education. "Maldives. Education for a global era: challenges to equity, opportunities for diversity." Country paper for the 14th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers, 2000.
Robinson,Francis(Ed.). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan,Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Additional Topics
The Republic of Maldives, or Dhivehi Jumhuriya, is situated in an archipelago of approximately 1,190 low-lying coral islands in the Indian Ocean about 300 miles southwest of India. The islands cluster into 24 natural atolls, grouped for administrative purposes into 19 atolls. The entire land-mass of the nation covers about 115 square miles, spanning an area of 500 miles north to south, and 80 mile…
The Constitution of the Maldives, instituted in 1968, designates the President as Head of State elected to a five-year term by universal suffrage afforded to citizens aged 21 and above. A unicameral Citizens' Council or Majlis, also elected to a five-year term is comprised of 48 members, two of whom are from the capital Male, two from each of the nineteen atolls and eight appointed by the P…
Maldivian society is marked by a high growth rate (2.8 percent) and a declining mortality rate resulting in a youthful population with 46.5 percent of the people being under the age of 15. This creates a heavy dependency ratio of the young on the working, causing particular economic challenges for the nation in the provision of education. Double and in some cases triple shift schooling, maintainin…
atolls as well, reaching more than half of all preschool aged children.
Middle school consists of two years of schooling (grades 6 and 7), and proceeds through three years of lower secondary (grades 8 to 10) and two years of upper secondary education (grades 11 and 12).
In 1998 the first and only college in Maldives was established.
Government schools cover 51 percent of all available schools in the Maldives whereas increasing efforts at partnership result in the community (40 percent) and the private sector (9 percent) carrying the rest.
The need for competent teachers who can provide relevant education besides the need for trained teachers in general continues to be acute as evidenced by the fact that in 1999, only 63 percent of primary school teachers were formally trained.
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Maldives - History Background, Constitutional Legal Foundations, Educational System—overview, Preprimary Primary Education, Secondary Education - NONFORMAL EDUCATION, SUMMARY