Centre for Higher Secondary Education Malé


Centre for Higher Secondary Education Malé, more commonly known as CHSE-Malé, is a government run Higher Secondary school in Malé, Maldives, which caters only to A' level students. CHSE was inaugurated on 3 July 1979, under the name of the Science Education Centre, or SEC, with the aim of producing students qualified enough to enter universities abroad. It currently has over 1500 students and 90 teachers. It currently has two branches, one in Malé and the other in Hulhumalé.
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History

The SEC was established on 3 July 1979 by the former President of Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. The school started with just 4 teachers and 47 students, with only 30 of those students sitting for the final examination. Initially, the school only taught A' level physics, chemistry, biology and English. Economics and history were introduced the following year. Today, a wide range of A' level subjects are taught at the institution.
In 2001, the school was renamed to be the Centre for Higher Secondary Education.
In 2020, it was decided to construct a new CHSE building in Hulhumalé as the one in Malé didn't have enough space. In 2023, the old Male' CHSE building was given to Aminiya School. In 2024, it was planned for CHSE to open another building in Male', where it was named as CHSE-Malé, and the building in Hulhumalé was renamed to CHSE-Hulhumalé.
On 1 September 2024, CHSE-Male' was opened, and on 5 November 2024, President Mohamed Muizzu officially inaugurated the new building.

School Houses

In 2004, four school houses were introduced. They are:
Name of
House		Colour
Ranmuiy Gold
Yaagooth Red
Feeroz Green
Asrafee Purple

Prior to 2004 the student body was divided into the following houses:

Examination Sessions

Prior to 2017, students sat for their final examinations in June. In 2017, the Ministry of Education announced that they had reached an agreement with Pearson Edexcel to conduct the examinations during October/November. The minister asserted that this was done to ensure students do not get a long break between finishing their Ordinary Levels and starting their A' levels. However, critics allege this is simply a cost-cutting measure. Moreover, because of this change, some student cash-in one or two international A' level subjects in the October session along with HSC subjects and complete their remaining A' level subjects in the next examinations session in January. This involves significant risks to the students, primarily because most universities require students to achieve the target grades in one sitting and not across two different sittings.