The National Bureau of Classification (NBC), previously the Film Censor Board of Maldives, is a government office founded on 21 May 1956 with the objective of presenting and promoting cinema and theatrical performances for the benefit of the Maldivian people.

This Board was formed with the objective of presenting and promoting cinema and theatrical performances for the benefit of the Maldivian people.

On 15 May 1983 the Film Censor Board was transferred under the mandate of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Housing.

The mission of the five-member Board was to check films and theatrical dramas to see if they had issues that conflicted: 1.

This change was brought as the government believed that classification and education was the key to manage and regulate different content so as to protect values of artistic productions and safeguard consumer interests at the same time.