Editing Maldives (section)

===Education===
{{main|Education in the Maldives}}
The Maldives National University is one of the country's institutions of higher education.{{efn|There are 209 registered Higher Education Institutes as of May 2022.}}<ref>{{citation |title=Registered Higher Education Institute as of 19.05.2022 |url=https://mohe.gov.mv/images/resources/resources/Registered%20Higher%20Education%20Institutes%20as%20of%2019.05.2022.pdf |website=Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development |access-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617135106/https://mohe.gov.mv/images/resources/resources/Registered%20Higher%20Education%20Institutes%20as%20of%2019.05.2022.pdf |archive-date=17 June 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1973, the Allied Health Services Training Centre (the forerunner of the Faculty of Health Sciences) was established by the [[Ministry of Health (Maldives)|Ministry of Health]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://mnu.edu.mv/history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223004912/https://mnu.edu.mv/history/ |archive-date=23 February 2024 |access-date=18 May 2024 |website=Maldives National University |quote=1st September 1973 Allied Health Services Training Centre was established – Forerunner to the Faculty of Health Sciences established by the Ministry of Health}}</ref> The Vocational Training Centre was established in 1974, providing training for mechanical and electrical trades.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty of Engineering, Science and Technology |url=https://courses.mnu.edu.mv/FEST |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224113056/https://courses.mnu.edu.mv/fest |archive-date=24 February 2024 |access-date=18 May 2024 |website=Maldives National University |quote=The Vocational Training Center (VTC) was established on 14 October 1975 under the Department of Electricity to train a large number of workers required for the growing industrial and economic activities}}</ref> In 1984, the Institute for Teacher Education was created and the School of Hotel and Catering Services was established in 1987 to provide trained personnel for the tourist industry.<ref>{{cite journal |date=February 2019 |title=Education Sector Analysis Maldives – 6.1 Quick Historical Development Of Higher Education |url=https://support.moe.gov.mv/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/EDUCATION-SECTOR-ANALYSIS_ESA.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Ministry of Education |language=En |publisher=[[Ministry of Education (Maldives)]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428080715/https://support.moe.gov.mv/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/EDUCATION-SECTOR-ANALYSIS_ESA.pdf |archive-date=28 April 2021 |access-date=1 February 2019 |quote=The Vocational Training Center, the Institute for Teacher Education and the School of Hotel and Catering Services were also established before the amalgamation of such post-secondary institutions to form the Maldives College of Higher Education in 1998.}}</ref> In 1991, the Institute of Management and Administration was created to train staff for public and private services. In 1998, the Maldives College of Higher Education was founded. The Institute of Shar'ah and Law was founded in January 1999. In 2000 the college launched its first-degree programme, Bachelor of Arts. On 17 January 2011, the Maldives National University Act was passed by the President of the Maldives; The Maldives National University was named on 15 February 2011. In 2015 under a Presidential decree the College of Islamic Studies was changed into the Islamic University of Maldives (IUM).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profile & History |url=https://www.ium.edu.mv/about-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519175208/https://www.ium.edu.mv/about-us |archive-date=19 May 2024 |access-date=19 May 2024 |website=Islamic University of Maldives |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Maldivian government now offers 3 different scholarships to students who have completed their higher secondary education with results above a certain threshold, with ranks of the scholarship received depending on the merits achieved by students on their year 12 examinations.<ref>{{cite web |title=A new scholarship scheme called Merit Scholarship is being launched this year |url=https://mohe.gov.mv/news/a-new-scholarship-scheme-called-merit-scholarship-is-being-launched-this-year |website=Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development |access-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702020052/https://mohe.gov.mv/news/a-new-scholarship-scheme-called-merit-scholarship-is-being-launched-this-year |archive-date=2 July 2023 |date=16 May 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>