School Introduction

GN Atoll education center was established on April 20, 1982, with only 3 classrooms, a hall with the size of 4 classrooms, an office consisting of a storeroom and a house to accommodate the headmaster. Located in the middle of the only island in Gn Atoll, Fuvahmulah, the school opened its doors with 129 students, a headmaster, a clerk, 4 teachers and 2 support staffs. The school at that juncture was exclusively engaged in Dhivehi medium subjects and only provided the opportunity to study in the primary grades; 1-5. Since its commencement, the school’s dynamic educational environment has continued to evolve. 1985 was marked as an important year for the school as the opportunity to study in middle school (grade 6 and 7) was introduced. In the same year, the school was transformed to an English medium school in order to prepare students for Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination which was at that time, the highest ranked examination conducted in the Maldives. In 1990, Gn Atoll Education Center was granted the authorisation to offer the Secondary Grades, 8, 9 and 10, becoming the first school in Gn Atoll to offer Secondary Education. This expansion was the outcome of unremitting effort by students and phenomenal success they achieved in JSC examination for five consecutive years. Later in 1997, three streams, Science, Commerce and Arts, was introduced.