Home ministry to bring out 100,000 students for parade
25 May 2015, 5:34 PM
Hassan Mohamed
More than 100,000 students will take part in a parade in Malé and other islands on Saturday as part of Independence Day celebrations, the home ministry has said.
The ‘Independence 50 office’ under the home ministry revealed today that schools from all 20 atolls and the capital will join the parade to mark the golden jubilee of independence.
“We estimate than more than 100,000 students will participate in the parade. A total of 22 schools in Malé will join the parade,” state minister for home affairs Ahmed ‘Maaz’ Saleem said at a press conference this morning.
However, according to statistics from the education ministry, the number of students in government, community and private schools in the Maldives is 86,799.
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