Thirty-two senior citizens and women involved in small-scale entrepreneurship completed 15 hours of hands-on digital learning at MNU Hithadhoo Campus.

Participants worked directly with banking applications, electronic transfers, social media and other useful mobile services. The programme also addressed password security, protection of personal information, safer information sharing and responsible online behaviour.

For participants engaged in small-scale enterprise, these were practical skills for handling transactions, communicating with customers, and using digital services more safely. For older learners, the campus computer laboratory provided supported access to technology that increasingly shapes essential daily services.

The closing ceremony and two published video testimonies added participant voice to the attendance, duration and photographic record. The programme shows how a regional campus can widen access to useful learning at different stages of life.

Through this work, MNU Hithadhoo Campus contributed directly to SDG 4 – Quality Education, particularly Target 4.4 on relevant technical and vocational skills. The activity also supported SDG 5 – Gender Equality; SDG 10 – Reduced Inequalities. Within the MNU Strategic Plan 2026–2030, it advanced Goal 4 – Empowering People for Excellence; Goal 7 – Wider Engagement with Society; Goal 10 – National Regional and International Engagement.