Maldives Institute of Technical Education (now called the Maldives Polytechnic): The MoU for setting up Maldives Institute for Technical Education (MITE) was signed in March 1992. MITE was completed at a cost of INR 12 Cr and handed over to GoM in Sept 1996.
Technology Adoption Programme in Education Sector in Maldives: The US$ 5.3 million project fully funded by GoI was launched in June 2011 to provide ICT training to Maldivian teachers and youth and for vocational training. The project concluded in Dec 2013.
India also offers 10 seats every year to Maldives under Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India “India Science and Research Fellowship (ISRF) Programme”. Maldives has been a partner of the ITEC programme for several years. In 2019-20, the in-person ITEC slots were increased to 200. Under the ITEC (in-person) programmes, number of Maldivians trained is 47, 28, 84 & 174 in 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 & 2022-23.
