Al-Azhar University has offered 5 scholarships to Maldives in areas of medicine and engineering.
The offer was presented to Maldives in a meeting held by Minster of State for Education Mohamed Riyaz and Principal of Arabiyya School Mohamed Shujau with the Imam of Al-Azhar University as part of their official trip to Egypt.
During the meeting, the university and the Imam was briefed on the current curriculum and the books currently required by Arabiyya School.
Ministry of Education revealed Al-Azhar University decided to provide students of Arabiyya School with digital textbooks they currently use. In addition to the digital versions, Al-Azhar will also offer hardcopies of the books. In addition to donating the books, the packaging and logistics of the books will also be borne by Al-Azhar University. Al-Azhar sends books and teachers to Arabiyya School every year.