President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has requested the National Awards Committee and Special Achievement Awards Committee to review the guidelines and criteria for eligibility of the awards. He made the request at a meeting the newly appointed members of the National Awards Committee and Special Achievement Awards Committee.
Speaking at the meeting, President Solih stated the committees should continue to function in the same impartial and just manner as they have been functioning previously. He further called upon the committee members to give top priority in choosing recipients who truly deserve the awards in their respected field.
Speaking in this regard, the president underscored the importance of conferring Special Achievement Awards and requested to comprehensively review the guidelines and criteria for eligibility of the awards, especially pointing out students topping the universities should be eligible for the awards even though they do not acquire above 85% marks as required in the current criteria. He stated the guidelines and criteria should be reviewed in a way more students do not get disheartened in the efforts to achieve the best grades.
Furthermore, President Solih advised the committees to confer the awards in separate functions and asked to conduct discussions and put forth a recommendation. National Awards and Special Achievement Awards are currently conferred during the Independence Day function held each year.