| Thaajuddeen School | |
| Native Name: | ތާޖުއްދީން ސްކޫލް |
| Motto: | ފުރިހަމަކަން ލިބިގަތުމަށް ހިންމަތްކުރާށެވެ. |
| Motto Translation: | Strive for Excellence |
| Address: | Thaajuddeen Hingun |
| Zipcode: | 20398 |
| Former Name: | Thaajuddeen Primary School |
| Schooltype: | Government |
| Established: | 7 February 1989 |
| Status: | Active |
| Administrator: | Ibrahim Saeed[1] |
| Principal: | Fathimath Mohamed |
| Principal Label1: | Deputy Principal (Grades 1-6) |
| Principal1: | Mausooma Kamaal |
| Principal Label2: | Deputy Principal (Grades 7-10) |
| Principal2: | Mohamed Najeeb |
| Teaching Staff: | 118 |
| Grades: | 1-10 |
| Gender: | Boys and Girls |
| Colors: | Yellow and Black |
| Website: | thaajuddeenschool.edu.mv |
| Lastupdate: | 3 August 2024 |
Thaajuddeen School is one of the oldest schools in Malé, Maldives. It was officially inaugurated by former president, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on 7 February 1989. The school has received many awards in various competitions since its inception. [2]
It opened as Thaajuddeen Primary School, before it was changed in 1990 to its current name.[3] The school was named after the famous Maldivian historian, Hassan Thaajuddeen. The school first started with 19 teachers, 435 students and 29 classrooms, with 2 sessions. The school currently teaches grades 1-10 to 1492 students with 118 teachers and 33 classrooms.
The school was reconstructed and reopened on 7 June 2004, with the new building being granted aid by the people and the Government of Japan as a token of friendship in the bilateral relations between the two countries.[4] The school was also turned into a 19-bed treatment facility by the Maldivian government during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
There are various facilities around the school such as:
On 16 January 2018, a group of people had forced themselves into the school and attacked a grade 10 student around 12:30 p.m. The injured student was rushed to Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital. The victim suffered a laceration to the side of the head and was released.[6] Similarly, another student from Dharumavantha School was stabbed while walking home from school at 12:55 p.m and was treated at ADK Hospital.[7] [8] After the attacks on students, the then mayor of Malé city Shifa Mohamed had called on the Police to look into the increase of attacks on students in the capital.[9]
There are 4 houses in Thaajuddeen such as: