 Education for All When Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was elected President of the Maldives in 1978, children in the outer islands had no schools to go. Unless their parents could afford expensive accommodation in the capital Male, they simply had to be satisfied with whatever the local "eduruge" could teach them....
read on... Science in the Islands The knowledge explosion of the late twentieth century is fast catching up with the once sleepy islands of the Maldives. Jalaluddin School, formerly the Northern Secondary School, in Kuludufushi recently organized a science fair..... Click for the pictures Information Technology The year 2000 marks a special landmark in the history of communication in the Maldives. All inhabited islands were connected telephone services by the end of that year.....[Click the heading for details] Time journey through island health "Its a girl," a nurse in operation theatre greens told Ibrahim Fulhu through the half open door, "both mother and baby are dong fine." Ibrahim Fulhu heaved a sigh of relief, thanking Almighty Allah for the happily changed circumstances in his life. As his eyes wandered across an almost endless stretch of spotlessly clean white tile leading on to an immaculately kept flowerbed, his mind travelled into the past...
[click heading for details] Women's Day Message Gives New Hope and Opportunity
President Gayoom's Women's Day message gives new hope and opportunity to the women of Maldives. It also challenges them to take their rightful place in society. In his appeal published in a media supplement issued on March 8, 2002, he called on the women of the nation to accept and assert that women and men are equal in their ability and aptitude, and to achieve their full potential in managing their own lives and in contributing to national development.........
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