The higher education ministry has fulfilled all of its 100-day pledges.

In a press conference on Wednesday, higher education minister Dr. Ibrahim Hassan said that they have fulfilled the seven pledges they were tasked with as part of the government’s 100-day agenda.

These pledges are:

1. Allow students who win first place in the GCE A Level results to receive an undergraduate scholarship from any university they wish,
2. Provide students a free education up to the undergraduate level in the Maldives,
3. Provide interest-free loans to students who wish to study abroad and review the loans of students currently studying abroad,
4. Revise the high achiever’s scholarship scheme to fit into standards of OECD countries.
5. Draft and submit to parliament a bill to Improve the Maldives Qualification Authority and raise the standard of higher education,
6. Establish a Bicocca University outpost in the Maldives, and
7. Accumulate information on training employees for various sectors and conduct a national training need analysis.

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has said that 83% of their 100-day pledges have been fulfilled.