Policy

Focus on career guidance

6 min read
Career guidance is a comprehensive, developmental program designed to assist individuals in making and implementing informed educational and occupational decisions. For success, this must be an ongoing process, built upon...

An effective education system

3 min read
The Maldives achieved five out of eight Millennium Development Goals by 2010, including the achievement of universal primary education. An adult literacy rate of over 98 percent has been achieved...

The music is fading

6 min read
The Maldives has, for the most part and over thousands of years, had several mediums of unique artistic expression from etchings and boat building to carving and weaving — even...

Tourism needs more women

5 min read
With the establishment of Kurumba Village, the year 1972 marked the phenomenal birth of the Maldives' tourism industry. In 2022, the Maldives will celebrate the golden jubilee of the industry....

Ageing ungracefully

6 min read
The Bureau of National Statistics, on the International Day of Elderly Persons 2020, projected that by 2045 the Maldives' elderly population, those aged 65 and older, will have increased five...

Social housing: a broken promise

7 min read
Halfway through the current administration, with 7,000 “Hiyaa” flats initiated by the previous administration still not handed over, many are becoming increasingly disillusioned by the thought that housing is just...

Digital Estonia

4 min read
The Maldives, as a digitally developing country, is far from reaching the greater heights of digital transformation. In this highly digital era, the country lags behind in shaping a favourable...

Work and the 'new normal'

3 min read
The concept of working from home is not a recent development. In fact, it predates the introduction of personal computers. With the rapid advancements in telecommunications, the possibility of freeing...

Health sector in need of digitalisation

5 min read
The Maldives faces a daunting challenge in ensuring sustainable access to health services equitably throughout the country. While access to basic health care is a right for all citizens, the...