Rector of the Villa College, Dr. Ahmed Anwar has called all students of Villa College to work hard to achieve success.
Dr. Anwar made this remark speaking at the orientation program held yesterday at Villa College campus.
He said that many of the students of Villa College are employed and it is challenge. However, he said that if they were studying abroad the challenges will be even greater.
“It is not easy in another country. The costs are expensive. The opportunity to work while studying is narrow,” he said.
He said that Villa College provides with international university level education and international certificates are offered by the college.
He said that attendance is very important and requested all students to attend all the classes well.
Villa College is a full-fledged tertiary education and training institute established by the Chairman of Villa Group, Gasim Ibrahim to offer educational opportunities to Maldivians, at an affordable price, in the country. With this aim, Villa College began its historic journey on the 28th of January 2007, with the registration of its first institute, Villa Institute of Water Sports followed by the Villa Institute of Information Technology (VIIT) and Villa Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Studies. By the consistent endeavors of our chairman and the countless efforts of the enthusiastic and committed group of staff, on the 17th October 2007 Villa College was registered and established as the first Private College of the Maldives by the Department of Higher Education.
Villa College commenced its first program early October 2007 with a total number of twenty students. Since then, the student numbers have grown steadily and today over one thousand students, learning various disciplines, are enrolled. Although Villa College started its operations in October 2007 under the Faculty of Computing and Business Management, all academic courses began in July 2008