Over 900 Students Apply for School Transfers to Malé for 2024 Academic Year, Reveals Education Ministry
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Ministry of Education Statistics has revealed that 967 students from various regions of Maldives have applied for transfers to schools in Malé ahead of the upcoming academic year, set to commence on May 26, 2024.
The breakdown of applications is as follows:
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- Lower Kindergarten (LKG): 68 students
- Upper Kindergarten (UKG): 30 students
- Grade 1: 171 students
- Grade 2: 81 students
- Grade 3: 92 students
- Grade 4: 69 students
- Grade 5: 96 students
- Grade 6: 87 students
- Grade 7: 87 students
- Grade 8: 103 students
- Grade 9: 55 students
- Grade 10: 28 students
The Education Ministry reported that it has received 790 applications from parents seeking student transfers to schools in Malé from local islands.
Furthermore, the Ministry disclosed additional statistics concerning schools in Malé, indicating a total of 2,163 requests for new Grade 1 enrollment. Of these, 1,192 applications originated from Malé, while 171 came from other areas within the atolls.
Additionally, 1,158 requests were submitted to the Ministry for transfers between schools within Malé.
The Ministry also unveiled that since 2020, a total of 4,443 students have sought transfers to schools in Malé from other islands across the nation. The breakdown of school transfer requests between 2020 and 2024 is as follows:
- 2020 to 2021: 480 students
- 2021 to 2022: 716 students
- 2022 to 2023: 780 students
- 2022 to 2024: 1,500 students
Maldives, comprising 20 administrative atolls and nearly 2,000 islands, with only 188 inhabited, faces geographical challenges in providing equal education access. Some islands have populations as low as 77 people, according to the 2022 census. These constraints have led to the adoption of multi-level and virtual teaching classrooms in some atoll schools, as highlighted in a 2019 education sector analysis in the Maldives.
