The minister believes local books would save costs and harness book writing skills within the country.
Education Ministry has opened the invitation to develop books for the Cambridge International (CIA) curriculum.
The Ministry said the project would involve developing books and digital content for the national education system's key-stage 4 (grades 9 and 10) in line with the Cambridge examination's standards.
Interested candidates are invited to submit their proposals for the project.
The Ministry requested any questions and clarifications to be communicated to the ministry before 01:00 pm next Thursday. The deadline for proposal submissions is 13th Feburary, before 02:00 pm.
Education Minister Dr. Ismail Shafeeu said last week that the CIA test has been administered in Maldives for 23 years but that the books needed for the exams have always been imported.
To change that, the opportunity to write books that fit the CIA standard was opened, he said.
"Both individuals and teams can produce books and digital content and offer them for sale. Experienced teachers are asked to take the initiative," he said.
The Minister noted that local teachers have the ability to produce quality books and digital content for the Cambridge examination syllabus.
The minister believes that this will help to keep the expenses of purchasing books from abroad within the country, and increase local book development skills.
He also said schools would save on the cost of printing notes by not using books purchased from abroad and that this would encourage them to instil environmentally friendly habits in children.
The University of London Examination and Assessment Council (ULEAC) examination was introduced to the MAldives in 1968. Later on in 2002, the country moved to CIA Examination, having have continued with ULEAC until it was rebranded to Edexcel in 2001.
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