Executives
Advisory Board
The current advisory board of MQA was appointed by the President of
Maldives on 27/01/2020 as per the Maldives Higher Education and Training Act (7/2021).
The advisory board consists of the following members:
Dr. Abdul Hannan Waheed
Chief Executive Officer, Maldives Qualfiications Authority
Khadheeja Adam
Minister of State for Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education
Dr. Ahmed Ali Manik
Higher Education Sector Consultant
Dr. Aishath Reesha
Higher Education Sector Consultant
Dr. Mohamed Shareef
Vice Chancellor, Maldives National University
Adam Haleem
Technical and Vocational Sector
Moosa Ahmed Manik
Private Higher Education College Representative
Certificate Panel
The objective of the Certificate Panel is to take the final decision on
qualifications submitted to MQA for recognition. The cases submitted to the
Certificate Panel are mainly qualifications for which a decision is difficult
to be taken under normal procedures.
The following 9 members are appointed by the Minister of Higher
Education as the Certificate Panel Members:
Dr. Abdul Hannan Waheed
Chairperson
Uz. Ibrahim Rasheed Moosa
Quranic Studies Field
Mr. Abdul Wahid Ibrahim
Qualification Recognition Expert Field
Col. Adnan Mohamed
Maldives National Defense Force
Dr. Ahmed Ashraf
Ministry of Health
Ms. Aishath Athiya Naseer
Ministry of Education
Ms. Zeenaz Fahumy
Higher Education Field
Ms. Mariyam Fizaana Rashyd
Maldives Qualifications Authority