Schools to reopen on 2 Aug

Ministry of Education has announced that schools will reopen on 2 August 2015.

Schools were suspended on 1 July 2015 following serious outbreaks of dengue fever and flu across the country.

According to the official academic calendar, schools will be broken up again from 30 August to 3 September 2015, for mid-term break.

The year-end break will begin on 24 November 2015, after final exams which are scheduled from 4 to 18 November 2015.

Maldives has over 64,000 students.

A new curriculum was introduced at the start of the academic year on 11 January 2015, which saw the introduction of new textbooks as well as changes in the number of hours spent in school.