Effective school leadership has been the interest of vast educational research for over
several decades. Education is considered to be the most important prerequisite for future …

This article focuses on the inequalities of an educational policy that favours English over the
national language and the resulting impacts on young people. While the constitution …

This chapter presents an overview of EMI in some countries of South Asia, namely,
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka (Padwad et al.,) …

Abstract The Republic of the Maldives is an archipelago in the South Asia region. It is a
highly dispersed country made up of 188 inhabited islands and 105 tourist resort islands …

Many small island communities are said to possess high levels of autonomous coping
capacity, often linked to peripherality. This social resilience is dynamic rather than static, with …

Maldivians take great pride in the fact that the Dhivehi language is unique to the Maldives,
and note that this linguistic heritage has been a unifying agent when its people are scattered …

Whilst the vast majority of the Maldivian population speak Dhivehi at home, English typically
serves as the only medium of instruction (MoI) starting from primary school. Teachers have …

This article presents an exploratory analysis of the external secondary examination system
in the Republic of Maldives. The school system is structured around primary grades …

High School examinations present a significant hurdle for students, and achieving top
performance requires a multifaceted approach. The proliferation of the internet has …

Educational leadership and its relation to student academic achievement is a well-
researched area; however, little is known about principals' effectiveness in specific …