Arabiyya School
islamic Primary and Secondary school in Malé, Maldives
Al Madhrasathul Arabiyyathul Islamiyya (Arabic: المدرسة العربية الاسلامية, Dhivehi: އަލް މަދްރަސަތުލް ޢަރަބިއްޔަތުލް އަސްލާމިއްޔާ), more commonly known as Arabiyya School (Dhivehi: ޢަރަބިއްޔާ ސްކޫލް), is the first and only Arabic Islamic school in the Maldives, educating students from primary to upper secondary grades.
The current school song was introduced in 2016, with lyrics authored by poet Abdulla Afeef. Arabiyya School is the only school in the Maldives that gives assessments which are acceptable to Al-Azhar University.
History
The school was inaugurated on 8 February 1987 by former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. The school has moved into several buildings since then. First, the school was moved to a new building in 2013, and then in 2021, it was moved to the old foreign ministry building after protests from not wanting to send their kids to Izzudheen School. Again, in 2023, the students were temporarily relocated to the old Dharumavantha School building for their studies due to cracks in the old building. After protests and the parents of students of Arabiyya talked to then-President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, it was decided that the new school building will be in the old Jamaluddin School land but that was changed in 2024 to a landfill area by President Mohamed Muizzu. In 2024, amid a controversy regarding the school's Parent–teacher association (PTA), the Ministry of Education dissolved and a new committee was formed.
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