Minister for Education announced that, 134 school sessions have been changed to a single session of teaching. The new academic year is set to begin next Sunday.

Speaking at a press conference held by the Ministry of Education, Minister Dr. Aishath Ali, said that 134 out of 213 schools will be conducting classes in single sessions. She said that the Ministry is working towards making all arrangements to transfer classes into one session.

The Minister noted that the remaining 79 schools are currently being audited in an effort to make a similar change to a singular session. She further reiterated that the work will be completed by the first 100 days of this administration.

While changing the school sessions in Maldives was one of the 100- day pledges of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the new academic year is set to begin on the 13 January 2019.