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Reform Parties...

In the name of democracy, reform and good governing, we saw the light of political parties in Maldives. The political parties of Maldives surely played a very vital role in the drastic political changes that the country recently saw. Now the new constitution is adopted, a new government is in place, and we are faced with an era of multi-party governing system. The question is how the parties are performing. According to the Elections Commission of Maldives, there are 13 registered political parties in the country. Let me go one by one to share what I see and feel about each. 1. DRP- Still holds the most populous party in the nation. The DRP is getting settled with the reality of losing the presidential election in the second round. They did show a good performance in the Parliamentary election with largest number of seat won by a single party. DRP as an opposition is very successful in pulling the MDP government back to knees more often than MDP could afford to. However, DRP seems to b

Local Teachers............

Local teachers are good. They can explain better. They will take more care of students. Locals will have more talents. I use to hear this story since I joined Hithadhoo School back in 2005 after my A' Level. Now, the noise is well loud enough that the whole society can hear it. All schools wants to get local teachers. Faculty of Education (FE) of MCHE seems to be busy training the very much demanded locals. I too happened to be under the umbrella of FE. As someone who got a chance to study from both locals and expatriates I do agree that locals could better teach the Maldivian students. Yet, a mere could will not do the magic. The question is will it happen? Will it be as fruitful as we hope? I doubt. Though I myself is a student of FE, it is true that there is a lot more attention given to quantity than quality. Many student teachers who are presently studying and many who already finished asks questions about the quality. This is something to be considered. Also, a very large maj