Delegation from Queensland University gives a courtesy call on Minister Shifa

The Minister of Education Shifa Mohamed met with the delegation from Australia who are here as part of the ongoing AusAID project implemented at the Maldives Qualifications Authority. The meeting was held at the Ministry of Education on 23 May 2011, Monday.

The visitors include Ian Kimber, Executive Director, Tertiary and Non-State Education of Queensland Department of Education and Training, Professor Vi McLean, Independent Education Consultant and Nelson Salangsang, Manager International Project of Queensland University of Technology.

The delegation from Australia is in the Maldives to participate in the activities of “Higher Education Week 2011” organized under the above mentioned project. The project seeks to develop local capacity on competency and educational leadership for effective implementation of the Maldives National Qualifications Framework.

The Minister and the Senior Officials who participated in the meeting were briefed by the team about the status and progress of the project activities. A group of 15 Maldivians are being trained under the project. Collectively the group has produced three sets of documents focusing on higher education curriculum development, internal quality assurance procedures, and higher education audit policies and procedures.

The Minister thanked AusAID and QUT support for the project and thanked the consultants who are directly assisting in the training of the local team.