President urges greater interest in Dhivehi among children, youth

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has called for greater efforts to boost interest in the Dhivehi language among children and the youth.

He made the appeal in a tweet on Saturday, on occasion of the Maldivian Writers’ Day.

In his tweet, President Solih offered greetings and well wishes to writers on the occasion, and stressed the need increase Dhivehi literatary works in order to protect the heritage of the Maldivian people, and protect and develop the Dhivehi language.

He called for greater efforts to promote and boost interest in the Dhivehi language among the younger generations.

Maldives has celebrated Writers’ Day on July 8 each year, since 1993. The date marks the release of Maldives’ first published magazine ‘Al-Islaah’.