Teachers ‘must’ monitor students in anti-extremism fight
Teachers in the Maldives must be educated on how to monitor students for extremist ideologies, according to the first strategy document from the National Counter Terror Centre.
05 Nov 2017, 9:00 AM
Teachers in the Maldives must be educated on how to monitor students for extremist ideologies, according to the first strategy document from the National Counter Terror Centre.
US-based security and risk management consultancy the Soufan Group says around 200 to 250 Maldivians are known to be fighting in Syria and Iraq, making the island nation the highest foreign fighter contributor based on per capita.
However, the government has given lower figures and some officials have sought to downplay the threat posed by jihadis including those returning from battlefields abroad.
There is no mention in the NCTC strategy, published Thursday, about the scale of the problem.
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