Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom awarded recipients of the Maumoon Foundation’s annual scholarships at a ceremony last night.
Sun Online reports that the courses offered for this year’s scholarships were a tourism and journalism course; a three-year journalism, psychology and English degree course; a computer information degree course; a commerce degree course; a business management course; a hotel management course; a biotechnology, biochemistry and genetics degree course.
The panel tasked with evaluating the applicants consisted of Dr Mohamed Saud, Dr Mohamed Habeeb, former MP Aneesa Ahmed and Sun Online Editor Ahmed ‘Hiriga’ Zahir.
The scholarships includes tuition fees but does not cover accommodation or living costs.
Speaking at the ceremony, the former President said that he had been assured of scholarships for Maldivian students to study in Dhaka, Bangladesh during a recent visit.
