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Dr. Abdulla Nazeer was born on 10 April 1968 in Kolamaafushi, Maldives. Currently he is the Minister of State for Education who has the oversight responsibility of the quality assurances in both schools and higher education sector in Maldives. He was appointed to this post in November 2013.

Dr Abdulla Nazeer completed his secondary education at the Asmai Secondary School, Kuwait. In 1995, he graduated from the University of Newcastle with a Bachelor of Education (Social Science). Two years later, in 1997, he graduated at Macquarie University acquiring Master of Arts in Education. Later he obtained a Graduate Diploma in International Business at the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. He also read for a Post Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Waikato in 2003. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Economic Education from the University of Waikato in 2007.

Dr Nazeer began his services to the government of Maldives as a secondary teacher at the Southern Secondary School after completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Newcastle in 1996. His services to the school continued till he was transferred to the Institute of Teacher Education in 1997, as a teacher educator. He served in this post till he was promoted as a lecturer in Economics at the Faculty of Education (FE) of the Maldives College of Higher Education (MCHE) in 2001. Dr Nazeer has taught Economics, Business and Professional studies in a range of courses at FE of the MCHE till the end 2002.

Dr. Nazeer’s services to Maldives took a break after this period as he proceeded to further his educational studies in New Zealand, where he worked at the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research while attending the University of Waikato. After the graduation in 2007 he worked as an Economics Teacher at Botany Downs College till he returned to Male’ in January 2009. His special areas of interest include cooperative learning, economics, business and environment.

On his return to Maldives after completing his doctoral studies in New Zealand, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Education in January 2009 to oversee the Policy, Planning and Research functions of the Ministry of Education. Later he was transferred to the President’s Office in February 2012 to head the Cabinet Office. Dr. Nazeer has also participated in many workshops and conferences in Maldives, India, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand and UK. He is a highly motivated and organized individual who works with exuberance and has the ability to interact with people at all levels.

Dr. Nazeer is the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Training and Skills Development at the Department of Higher Education. He is also the Vice Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the Maldives Chapter-South Asia Foundation (SAF), Delhi. In addition, he is an active member of the Executive Council of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Rabat, Morocco.

Dr. Nazeer is married to Dr. Mariyam Suzy Adam. Together they have a daughter Amri and a son Ahyal. His recreational interests, beyond family and friends, include sports, camping and outdoor activities.