Going abroad to study without registering is a concern

Press Secretary of the President’s Office Mohamed Zuhair has said that the fact that students go to study abroad without registering according to regulations was a cause for concern.

Mohamed Zuhair said this answering a question put forward by Miadhu Daily. He said that from the many Maldivian students studying in Pakistan, parents of about 200 of these students were inquiring about their children’s whereabouts. Zuhair said these 200 or so students went to study in Pakistan without registering and this makes it difficult to search them down.

“Some of the names given by the parent’s, the name of the institution in which the students say they are going to study, are not even registered in Pakistan.” said Zuhair.

He said that government was planning of establishing a hotline in Foreign Ministry to assist Maldivian students in Pakistan. Zuhair said hopefully this hotline will begin its services tomorrow.

He also said that Maldivian parents are desperate to send their children to abroad to attain higher studies and in this hope they send their children even to Pakistan. Zuhair said that parent’s don’t think about checking just which institution their children are going for higher studies and “some” self proclaimed religious scholars in Maldives take advantage of this situation.

Zuhair further said that government was working to get hold of as many religious scholarships as possible from a government recognized institutions.

Miadhu spoke to one student in Pakistan and this student said that the situation is Pakistan was very dangerous. The student further said, “We are not sure if we will wake up when we sleep. We don’t know where the next terror target is going to be. We are stuck in a state of fear.”