Govt to provide financial aid to locals studying abroad

Ministry of Higher Education on Thursday, confirmed the decision to provide financial aid to Maldivians studying in foreign countries, who find themselves in-need amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.

The aid to ease students' financial burdens in the economic regression that follows this crisis, would be accorded to all Maldivians studying abroad, both self-funded as well as those supported via private sponsors for a two-month period.