Kelaa is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Alif Atoll

Haa Alif Atoll

Haa Alif Atoll - officially referred as Thiladhunmathi Uthuruburi is the northernmost administrative division of the Maldives....

 and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north 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...

. The British established a staging post in 1934 and until the end of World War II it functioned as the northerly counterpart to Gan

Gan (Seenu Atoll)

Gan is the southernmost island of Addu Atoll, as well as the southernmost island of the Maldives. It is relatively large by Maldive standards....

in the south. A mosque built during the reign of Sultan Mohamed Ibn Ali (Muhammad Mohyeddine) (AD 1692-1701) of the Utheemy Dynastry still stands today as a historical place of interest on the island. This was the king who re-established the Islamic penal code.

Education

Madhrasathul Sheikh Ibrahim is started long back (about 63 years) and now it is a higher secondary school under the Ministry of Education/Maldives. There are 465 students in the school with 42 teachers, of which 19 are expatriates. The school started to teach until grade 10 on 2003, and until grade 12 on 2007. Moreover, in 2008 the school started teaching for both science and business stream.