High court orders MQA to accept a PhD qualification denied earlier

High Court, in a court order yesterday, has mandated Maldives Qualification Authority (MQA) to accept an international PhD course certificate which was earlier recognized then denied by the authority.

Offered by a Sri Lankan college which provides the qualification through a Philippines college, the PhD course was first undertaken after MQA announced in 2016 that the qualification will be nationally accepted. The authority however revoked their decision to accept the qualification from January 2018 onwards, opting to solely recognize certificates of those engaged in the course until that point. Despite this, MQA had refused to validate the certificate submitted for validation in 2021.