Dr. Ahmed Anwar, the rector of Villa College has said that teaching children should accompany love and compassion towards the students.
Dr. Anwar said that love and compassion are necessities which has been long gone from the Maldivian teaching system. Therefore, it is not possible to revive it overnight. However, he said that it is not something impossible.
The rector of Villa College further said that it is important to strengthen the educational framework of Maldives as in developed countries.
He said that the educational framework should be revised taking example from developed countries.
Villa College is a full-fledged tertiary education and training institute established by the Chairman of Villa Group, Gasim Ibrahim to offer educational opportunities to Maldivians, at an affordable price, in the country. With this aim, Villa College began its historic journey on the 28th of January 2007, with the registration of its first institute, Villa Institute of Water Sports followed by the Villa Institute of Information Technology (VIIT) and Villa Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Studies. By the consistent endeavors of our chairman and the countless efforts of the enthusiastic and committed group of staff, on the 17th October 2007 Villa College was registered and established as the first Private College of the Maldives by the Department of Higher Education.
Villa College commenced its first program early October 2007 with a total number of twenty students. Since then, the student numbers have grown steadily and today over one thousand students, learning various disciplines, are enrolled. Although Villa College started its operations in October 2007 under the Faculty of Computing and Business Management, all academic courses began in July 2008.
Teaching should accompany love and compassion- Dr. Anwar
