Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has signed an agreement with Islanders Education to develop a private-international school in Hulhumale' Phase 2.
The agreement was signed by the Managing Director of HDC Suhail Ahmed and Executive Director of Islanders Education Ahmed Adhly Rasheed.
Islanders Education is a leading private international educator in the Maldives that operates several private schools in the country. The company currently operates Kangaroo Kids International School, Billabong High International School, Finland International School Maldives, and Ameer Ahmed School.
Furthermore, the government is currently engaged in establishing public services in Hulhumale' Phase 2 as residents begin to move in. As such, the Ministry of Education has stated four schools will be developed in Phase 2, and that three of the schools will be developed under a contract, finance, design, and build basis while one school will be built as an international school.
All four schools will be built with six floors, accommodating 1,200 students, and will teach from grades one to ten.
The education ministry has contracted Rasheed Carpentry and Construction (RCC) Private Limited to construct a school in Hulhumale' Phase 2 within 18 months.