History

 

Allied Health Services Training Centre — forerunner to the Faculty of Health Sciences established by the Ministry of Health.
1973

 

 

Vocational Training Centre established to train school leavers in mechanical and electrical trades.  Later this Centre was renamed Maldives Institute for Technical Education.  Presently it is the Faculty of Engineering Technology.
1975

 

 

Institute for Teacher Education established. Previous to this, teacher education was the responsibility of the Educational Development Centre.
1984

 

 

Maritime Training Centre established when Maldives ratified the IMO STCW convention.
School of Hotel and Catering Services established to develop trained manpower for the tourism industry.
1987

 

 

Maldives Centre for Management and Administration established to train administrative staff for the public and private services.  This centre was later called Institute of Management and Administration.
1991

 

 

Maldives College of Higher Education established to rationalize resources and assure quality of all the existing post-secondary government institutes. The College was to be administered by an interim college council drawn from the institutes and the central office.
1998

 

 

January 1. All institutes and centres began operating as divisions of the College.
Tertiary Institute for Open Learning established to develop courses in distance education.
Institute for Shar'ah and Law established.
1999

 

 

College launches first degree programme:  Bachelor of Arts (Dhivehi Language).
2000

 

 

An academic career structure implemented making salaries and benefits uniform for all staff  of the College.
All faculties and centres named to reflect the organizational structure.
College constitution approved by the Higher Education Committee.
College central administrative office moves to the Jamaludhdheen Complex with sufficient space to centralize some functions previously devolved to the divisions.
2001