The Maldives National University

vious to this, teacher education was the responsibility of the Educational Development Centre.

1987 Maritime Training Centre established when Maldives ratified the IMO STCW convention.

1987 School of Hotel and Catering Services established to develop trained manpower for the tourism industry.

1991 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.

1998 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.

1999 January 1. All institutes and centres began operating as divisions of the College.

1999 Tertiary Institute for Open Learning established to develop courses in distance education.

1999 Institute for Shar'ah and Law established.

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

2001 An academic career structure implemented making salaries and benefits uniform for all staff of the College.

2001 All faculties and centres named to reflect the organizational structure.

2001 College constitution approved by the Higher Education Committee.

2001 College central administrative office moves to the Jamaludhdheen Complex with sufficient space to centralize some functions previously devolved to the divisions.

15 February 2011 MALDIVES COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION UPGRADED TO THE MALDIVES NATIONAL UNIVERSITY under a law enacted by Parliament.