Education ministry hits out at professor ‘ban’ reports

The Education Ministry Tuesday hit out at reports that a popular professor has been banned from giving lectures at local schools.

Mihaaru said that Professor Hassan Ugail, the first Maldivian scientist and PhD holder in mathematics, was banned by the Education Ministry. The report was later edited to say he faced “challenges” to appear at local schools.

“It’s a blatant lie. We are very sad to hear this kind of news being spread without checking. I asked Mihaaru journalists if they had any documents to show or if they’d contacted the Education Ministry prior to publishing that we’d banned Professor Ugail. They don’t have anything to show,” said Minister of State for Education Dr Abdulla Nazeer.

Education Ministry procedures say all guest lectures at schools must get prior approval.