Distance education model for secondary schools in Maldives

Maldives is an island nation with 1190 islands surrounded by water. The low population in the rural islands limit infrastructure developments leading to lack of access to secondary and higher education. The proposed system is a distance education model that uses the existing technology in Maldives to provide access to secondary education to the island population. The system allows the teachers to develop multimedia based instructional content which is then delivered to the students via the Internet, or burnt onto CD-ROMs and mailed, or a combination of both. The interaction between the students and the system is two-fold. The first is the incorporated help system which automatically detects student requirements and guides accordingly. The second is the interaction between the student and the tutor where the tutor has the possibility of using various communications means such as email, telephone or even teleconferencing.