Aminiyya School is a girls' secondary school in Malé

Malé

Malé , is the capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives. It is located at the southern edge of North Malé Atoll . It is also one of the Administrative divisions of the Maldives. Traditionally it was the King's Island, from where the ancient Maldive Royal dynasties ruled and where...

, the capital of the Maldives

Maldives

The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...

. It is the first girls' secondary school in the country and remained the only all-girls' school until 14 June 2009.

It was established by Queen Laisha Shahir on the counsel of Sheikh Mizan Salah and former Queen Aishath Naffah Ismail in 1944 to accommodate female students from Majeediyya School

Majeediyya School

Majeediyya School is the first Maldivian government school, located in Malé, Maldives. It is a single gender school that teaches male students to the secondary level of education. English medium is followed in teaching with the exception of Dhivehi and Islam...

(then known as "Madhrasathul Saniyya") which became an all-boy institution. The school is divided into four houses, namely Amina Rani, Dhainkanba, Raandhafathi and Keison. .