Introduction






 The Republic of Maldives is a small, island nation with a total of 1190 islands. The country stretches 823km north to south and 3130 km east to west. The geographical isolation is the greatest challenge for the Maldives. The islands have great differences in the distribution of service, people and development. However, each island has a government primary school (grade 1-7) in small islands and secondary and higher secondary (1- 12) in bigger islands. The country follows a local curriculum from 1-7, and an international curriculum for the lower and higher secondary level. (Shibana, 2017)

Information Communication Technology is a very relevant tool to access education for the remote island nation like Maldives. Moreover, the availability of internet and technology in schools makes this easier to implement.  In terms of Technology, Maldives has achieved a great success in expanding telecommunication access to all the inhabitant islands long back in 1999 From the ITUWorld Telecommunication Indicators Database, Maldives has a record of number one internet penetration among South Asian nations, with second among less developed countries (LDC) and 14th out of 38 among the small island nations. (Shibana, 2017)

 

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