Malawi school closures extended for another two weeks
Minister of Health Khumbize Chiponda has confirmed that the closure of schools will be extended until at least March to tackle the spread of Covid-19.
President Lazarus Chakwera three weeks ago declared a state of national disaster in response to the recent spike in Covid-19 cases with restrictions which include school closures, a night-time curfew, and no gatherings over 50 people.
Chiponda said on Thursday – during a briefing to give an update on the Covid-19 situation – that after an assessment that the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 conducted, they have agreed that all schools should remain closed for another two weeks and that all students who were still on campus must return home.
She added that after two weeks another assessment will be done to confirm if it will be safe for schools to open.
Benedicto Kondowe, executive director for the Civil Society Education Coalition, said government should devise a plan that allows some students to continue with their education.
“Schools were closed for not less than seven months in the first wave of Covid, and registered unprecedented number of teenage pregnancies in excess of 40,000. And that’s why we are saying ‘Could there be a mechanism of mitigating and containing the virus while the schools are still in sessions?” he asked.
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Dear Government,
First and foremost we the bonafide citizenry of Nyasa republic from Mbwvalamani in Nkhatabay want to salute the Republic for your right decision to save lives of the vulnerable by closing schools.
Please dont listen to the uneducated who think
opening schools amid the pandemic is an economical solution to their general malaise. Possibly these people can be encouraged to spend more time in the fields. Chuma chili munthaka.
Life is more precious than education or money.
We also appreciate the vaccine regardless of its efficacy. The opulent can buy the expensive vaccines from the private hospitals just as they do with ARVs. Ifeyo tipatseni AstraZeneca yemweyo.
We hope you will make it a rule that no vaccine ,no school…
This is not A Solution …and many knows so
Going by social distancing, washing hands and sanitizing, there is need to erect temporary classes, buy desks and employ more teachers who are still waiting. This can be collaborated with school committees and parents. Life must move on.
Open schools life should move on!!
Open schools, open bars and Liquor shops life has to continue, zinazi tichedwa nazo. I have not seen any local strategy being advocated by government apart from copying Strategies from the West, yet by far we cant match them. Lockdown lockdown what? Come on engage those self proclaimed political and social analysts/ commentators atiuze zochita. Osamangomwa kachasu ndi kupwala mahule and call yourselves analysts. Your heads are empty and you dont read, you rely on History ….shame on you Opportunistic Analysts. Shame on those Radio stations that profile you
You are just following what Europe is doing. The silly thing about boarding schools is that you are taking back the pupils to a dangerous environment where there is the virus. When they go back the Lilongwe Girls scenario will happen again and you will close schools again and again. Very stupid decisions.
This is very commendable. The little ones have been carriers of the virus and infected their parents.
Koma yaaaaa, ine ndimadalira kuti ndiyamba kulandira fees ku school yanga. Sheeeeeeeee basi ndavomereza poti ndi mulili, koma yaaaaaaaa!
Please Mr President,think about us from the private sector,now it has become a crime to work at a private school. What are we going to eat since our source of income come from fees collections, where can we get our dues? If convid-19 has come to stay,are closing schools forever? Find means how we can survive unless we die of hunger rather convid-19.
Atitu kovidi ili ku sukulu ndi ku tchalitchi. Onse akufawa anakayitenga malo awiri amenewa. Mu misika, bank, office, minibus, ma shop ati mulibe. Kutereku ati inu ndi azibusa mu ma tchalitchimu ndinu chiopsezo kwa a Malawi ntchifukwa chake malo anu antchito atsekedwa. Olo mutafa ndi njala iwo sizikuwakhudza bola rona musawapatsire. Nkhani yake ikuterotu.
Pepani ndithu koma ambuye ndiwabwino aona kuti ati nazo bwanji zimenezi.
Walemba mofatsa koma ndudziwa ndiwe okwiya 😂😂
Hi nyasa. We depend on you, especially here in the village.
Mwasiya kubebesa.
On a good note, i salute govt. Life is precious. What is school without life.
Pregnancies: so what? Everyone has a right to life, those who must come let them come. Greedy people think they own earth and want to control population.
Resources: theres enough for everyone on this planet. Theres enough for everyone to enjoy life on this planet. Some are kept poor for the sake of control, u cannot control a rich man.
Part of the problem we are facing today was cooked by Chakwera and Chilima.
You told Malawians that Covid-19 is not real. Your videos are still on social media platforms with this message – all for power and glory.
Malawians believed you and went by their normal lives, weddings, night clubs, funerals, political rallies – name it! All encouraged by you. You have facilitated deaths of many Malawians. All for power and glory.
You owe the nation an apology.
we are still seeing most of the officios with no mask .
please set an example. mask up.
akucipatala atopa nazo zoti ? anthu ozindikila kuzionetsa udolo.
musatinyasepo hetini!!!!
Last week Mr talk talk Chakwera was on the podium whisking students who had left their schools to return back to their schools. Lero the Nonse gafument is saying everyone must leave school and go home for two weeks. Isn’t this confusing to you? What kind of leadership is this? Koma Chakwera mutu wake ukugwira ntchito? Why is he making shallow decisions always as if he is advising his family members? Iwe Chakwera dziwa kuti ili ndidziko, this is not the assemblies of God church. Malawians should not be mistaken with empty headed christians in the assemblies of God cult. Fotseki!!!
Boma lolowera pawindo. Mulamula koma movutikila zedi. Masiku nkumapita uku 2025 nkumabwera. Hokoyo!
moti inu mukuwerengerabe kut 2025 dipipi, chirombo chatizunza chija nkuzawina ndithu??? 2025 yayandikila ikhale kaye 20 years ili kotsutsa mwina anthu azayiwala not any time soon
Good move by government, school can wait but every life we lose its irreplaceable, children wil not die of covid but wil bring the disease to parents who have conditions hence risking alot of lives.i hope govt puts proper procedures in place kuti people with real conditions like asth ma,hypertension and sugar gets vaccines osati zachinyengo.kaya azizabweretsa ma hosp pass or kuwayeza kumene. Komanso pakhale chilango chachikulu Kwa opezeka akuchita za chinyengo.Thanks tonse government life first.
I know Covid ili ku sukulu ndi ku church so anthu sakuyenera kupezeka mu malo amenewa. Ndipo makolo onse akumwalirawa akumwalira ndi kolona yomwe anakayitenga ku sukulu kudzera mwa ana awo ndinso ku tchalitchi. Ku msika, shopping malls, banks, minibus, mmaofficemu mulibe kolona. Ndalama zomwe tikugwira zitagwiridwa kale ndi anthu handede sauzande zilibe kolona. Ena tonse we are free to work and go where we want chifukwa mu ma office mwathumu and malo ena onse omwe timapita mulibe kolona koma ku sukulu ndi ku tchalitchi. Why send our kids to school to kill us.
Ndipo Mulungu akuthandizeni anthunu. The hypocrisy in you is so astounding.
I totally disagree that the closure of schools should be extended for two more weeks .Decision making is at stake here.At school is where children can observe more covid 19 guidelines unlike at home.As am speaking now some parents ask their children to sell merchandise in open markets without wearing masks.Other children are busy watching video shows in very clouded places.What if covid 19 continues to attack more and more will the school be closed down for ever ?.Why only schools ? What about parents who travel to and from work in public transport? Mr President think twice on this issue of moving forward one step and back ward 100steps.Is not good for our poor nation.
Dont worry. 40,000 only.
Who is the head of state? Is he afraid to take responsibility.
Mr Lindiwe, are you suggesting that we should focus more on pregnancy prevention than Covid-19 prevention? Who will support the education of these girls if their parent die? Please don’t just say things to be relevant, think about the repercussions.
What is Covid prevention if I may ask? Is the Wash Sanitise and Mask up not working? Then give it up. Why do you want to kill the future of this country? As stated above, these foolish decisions will result in many girls getting pregnant, our children will dull down because of doing nothing, and early marriages which will come because of these stupid school closures. You also know that there are people whose livelihood is teaching in private schools, has the government considered them, oh ye selfish people. Inu kuntchito chipitirenicho kumakumana ndi anthu osiyanasiyana kumeneko, mu bank ndi ma shopping mall chilowerenicho so what are you talking about? All around schools are opening despite the covid and here we are, always behind in everything. In Europe, where we copy from, schools are opening.
Why should a disease that has killed less than 500 in 30 days put life to a stand still? People die all the time and ofa lero samafa mawa. From 1 January to date how many have died in Malawi? Every death is painful and this covid is a load of scrap. Why give attention to only one disease of the hundreds of diseases we have in this country?
Ife aphunzitsi malinga zathu zikuyenda ku mindaku mwana ndilibenso ndinagwa kale mu papaya zikayamba sukulu ndikungowaula basi. Adachonga kale tiketi yanga from 1 January to 31 December
Kkkk man inuyo matha kucheza😅😅😅
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