Parliamentary Education Section (PES) of People’s Majlis Secretariat recognizes the importance of educating, empowering, and encouraging citizens to actively participate in the democratic process. In this regard, the objective of PES is to:
As part of its outreach activities, PES conducts one day seminars in selected schools of Maldives every year.
The purpose of these seminar is to provide participants with the knowledge and understanding of the Constitutional History, how different changes were brought to the Governing System in the Maldives and to educate and train students on Democratic principles and Parliamentary process.
Guided Informational Tours of the People’s Majlis can be arranged with prior booking for students from Schools, College, University, and members of the public. To book a tour, you may send an official request via a letter or do booking here. The Parliamentary Education Section (PES) of the People’s Majlis will process these requests and make necessary arrangements. Students program includes:
Practice Parliament programs targeting youth and women has been conducted by People’s Majlis in partnership with UNDP Maldives. The aim of these programs is to provide opportunity for women and youth to build their capacity to participate in democratic processes and eventually contest for elected positions. Practice Parliament consists of two components.
Every year the People’s Majlis, Parliamentary Education Section will decide what activities would be conducted to celebrate these days. International Day of Parliamentarism on 30th June, International Day of Democracy is celebrated on 15th September and Constitution Day of Maldives is 22nd December.
In the past, activities like Essay writing and Drawing competitions have been held to celebratethese days.
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