The Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage Heena Waleed stated that knowledge and skill are not the only things that makes a person strong in character, it also matters how the knowledge and skills that have been gained are being used when it comes to being a capable person.

While speaking in Addu as a guest of honour at the speech competition in memory of the Addu Bodufandiyaaru Thakurufaanu, organized by the Student Union of Maldives National University (MNU), the minister said that competitions such as these instills the necessary qualities a student should have in one's character.

While highlighting that competitions such as these would teach students to maintain their self-confidence, Heena said that the virtue of honesty, correct information and having love toward stories that have scientific weight would also be instilled in the students.

She also said that competitions like these would make the future of the country brighter and have students become capable Maldivians.

According to the minister, even though modern technology would change the principles of life while students have to be taught of the changing world, the skill of teaching them how to deal with change is especially important in today's society.