A total of 155 students who completed their General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level examinations during 2022 with the highest results, have been awarded the President's Special Scholarships and High Achievers’ Scholarships.

An awarding ceremony for the President’s Scholarships and the High Achievers' Scholarship for the top achievers in the 2022 GCE Advanced Level examinations was held on Monday.

During the ceremony organized by the Ministry of Higher Education, 17 students were conferred the President’s Scholarships.

Monday’s ceremony saw President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih conferring the President's Scholarship award letters to 17 students who attained the highest results in the GCE Advanced Level examinations.

Further, FL Fazna also conferred scholarship award letters to 18 of the 138 High Achievers' Scholarship recipients. The remaining students received their scholarship letters from Cabinet Ministers who were in attendance.

Of the 155 students who completed their General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level examinations during 2022, with outstanding results, and were awarded scholarships by the president, 102 were girls.

Speaking at Monday’s ceremony, Higher Education Minister Dr. Ibrahim Hassan stated that the number of students receiving the President's Special Scholarship and High Achievers’ Scholarship has tripled this year.

He added that the government has been making a lot of efforts to build people and the first-degree scheme of the incumbent administration also paves the path to build knowledgeable, educated and aware individuals for the society.

The government will cover the cost of completing the first-degree in a country where the students who have been conferred the scholarships, wish to study.

Further, the High Achievers’ Scholarship is open for students to study in the Maldives and other SAARC countries, as well as Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, China and OECD countries.

The scholarships are awarded to students who have secured ‘A’ star in five subjects including Islam and Dhivehi or have appeared for the ‘Shahada’ examinations and have secured ‘A’ star in all subjects.

Students who have scored from 'C' to higher grades in English in GCE O-level/IGCSC or equivalent examinations, are also included.

As per the regulations and rules upon which the scholarships are conferred, students should take advantage of this opportunity and start studying within 18 months after receiving the scholarships.