US$1.5 million for student loans, but drugs remain an obstacle for youth
23 Jan 2011, 2:32 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Youth Minister Dr Hassan Latheef has said the ministry has budgeted Rf 19 million (US$1.5 million) to be given out as loans for young people to pursue higher education.
Latheef said the money would be distributed to provinces equally, with a view to increasing the number of educated professionals in the islands.
While Latheef claimed that during the MDP’s campaign across the islands he had witnessed a great amount of support for the ruling party among youth, the ongoing lack of education and employment opportunities for young people in the Maldives has led many to become involved in crimes, drugs and gang violence.
President Mohamed Nasheed has previously said that there is “not even a single family in the Maldives that has not been affected by drugs.”
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