Bright boy forced out of secondary school due to lack of fees

February 24, 2019 Aaron Banda-Mana 59 Comments

A 16 year old form 1 student at Mchinji Secondary School is helplessly watching his bright future slip through his fingers due to her poor mother’s failure to raise school fees for him.

Mayamiko and his mother outside their house

Despite being bright in class, Mayamiko Paul, who hails from Misi village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Mavwere in Mchinji, cannot report to school for the second term as his widowed mother is failing to raise K48,000 for his  fees.

In an interview, Paul’s mother, Nataria Uledi said after her child got selected she raised the first term’s fees through subleasing her land to a friend for a period of three years.

“I subleased my piece of land, which I used to cultivate, to a friend for him to use it for a period of three years. Now I cannot do anything as I am poor. I’m even failing to find food to feed my family,” she said.

The mother said she has so far visited a number of institutions looking for bursary support but such efforts have yielded nothing.

She said life has been miserable for the family since Mayamiko’s father died.

“My son, since his primary education at Kabzala Primary School, has been scooping position one in every end of term exams until he got selected to Mchinji Secondary School,” she said.

In a separate interview, Mayamiko said his life has been rendered hopeless as he cannot figure out a future without education.

He said he has been helping his mother to do some piecework in an effort to raise the fees but it is not working out.

“I’m appealing to well-wishers to support me,” he said, adding that those willing to help can reach him through the Head Teacher for Mchinji Secondary School.

The Head Teacher, Harry James Kamwaza confirmed Mayamiko’s destitution.

Kamwaza bemoaned that the school has over 15 students who are failing to pay fees and are just staying at their homes.

“This is a very big challenge at our school because we have a big number of students of this nature in all forms,” he said.

He called upon well-wisher to come to the student’s rescue.

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59 replies on “Bright boy forced out of secondary school due to lack of fees”

  2. And the STUPID president is cheating Malawians that Secondary Education is now for free. Thank goodness, I hear the poor boy is now assisted.

  5. Charlie Hebdo, don’t forget we also have a party president who is busy connecting water illegally and also constructing an K850 million house.

  6. I feel proper accountability when all this money is deposited for needy students. Can you have a Trust fund account so that those who have contributed want to see how funds have been used.

  8. Mchinji Secondary School Alumni, please note that the Headteacher says there are about 15 such needy students.

    Now in the short target 16 students times K48,000 = roughly K768,000. From now onwards plan for the medium and long term assistance to needy students (these days they call them learners).

    The same should be true for ALL OTHER Alumni nationwide.

  9. And yet we have a president who shamelessly use our taxes to buy beer for cadets to cause havoc for the opposition at the expense of helping this poor kid.

  11. Somebody put a phone number for the head teacher. I have called 6 times. Nobody is picking the call. Can somebody find a number for the school or for the boy please.

  12. Tiyamike Mulungu kuti mwanayu wabwerela ku school Mchinji allumi yanenetsa kuti azimupelekera mpakana akafike pomwe Mulungu anamuyikira malire

    1. Shame to our government, busy with statue of a dead man with our own money, why not to help these learners so that tomorrow will help others.

  17. Bright Msaka 5months ago told the entire Malawi IN a conference that “Full FREE SECONDARY SCHOOL BY JANUARY 2019.

    Can He tell us again if this is still the case.

  18. Did I think secondary school fees DPP inathetsa?

    Anyway, let’s not believe these politicians. Let us all help the boy. Let’s be organised. Whatever we raise should carter till form 4. Zinazo for aob.
    Those who donate to already loaded DPP please show your well-wishers spirit to this boy and all failing to go to school.

    Can I also request our MP from the boy’s area to follow up the govt promise about secondary school fees.

    Thanks for the details.

    1. KOMA KU BANK ZINDALAMA ZILI BWEEEEEEEEE KULEPHELA KUTHANDIZA MWANA YU ZAMANYAZI KWAMBIRI ATSOGOLELI ANTHU KHANI NGATI NDIZOFUNI INU OSANGOPELEKA NDALAMA ZOTI ACHINYAMATA AZIKAMENYELA ANTHU MU MISEWUMU AYI THANDIZANI KWANAYU

  19. I think proper measres of funding this kid/kids/school is required than just send send send to the headteacher. As we are aiming at assisting the needy.
    Ndalama ndi yovuta iyi. Accountability ndiyofunika.
    Overseas education fund zikupita kuti?

    Dpp inatumiza mnyamata ku UK COVENTRY UNIVERSITy kumaliza straoght ku ku OPC kodi ndi mesa programme yotumiza ku school zinathetsedwa. Ana athu ndi amenewa.
    Kuvutika.
    Ma scholarship amapelekedwa kwa ana azibale aanthu a mma embassy, zibwezi za mabwana koma olandila skolaship yo ali kunja kale scholaship kucokera ku mw. DPP imeneyo malamulo.
    Zitisunga??? Ena ndi awa angolowa ndi yolalata kuimitsana ndi ma locals. Yes DZONZI kubwera kuwawa koma tilimba mutisunga inu!!!!
    God help is.
    CV ? LOYALTY.

    Can also be tempting eh.

  22. This is where the so called Human Rights Defenders should come in. Unfortunately, they are deep in politics.

    1. Collectively we must resolve matters and not shoveling to some others, even what we as a community would take responsibility on.

  24. Put phone number for the headteacher so that we can help ,Mchinji secondary school alumin pliz assist get organized to support this boy ,create whatssap group so that you can source some funds through

  25. I thought the DPP Govt introduced Free Secondary School Program???? Just wondering? Mr. Aaron Banda of MANA….You could include the contact numbers for Mchinji Sec Sch for well wishers to contact the Head Teacher…

  26. koma guys…mwanayo ndi wa mamuna…its supposed to be “HIS mother” not her mother…munapita kusukulu koma?

  32. Nyasa Times. Please send us details of how to help this young man. He is supposed to be in class.

  33. Can someone plz find phone number for MC Sec Sch. We need to put resources to help this young man. My K20.000 is ready. And i know there are many more who want to help

  38. What kind of reporting is this?We need both headteacher’s contacts numbers and the mother.Tithandiza bwanji

  39. Please atola khani mudzipanga present complete information ie contacts if one needs to contact them for help… Some of us we are so far away and yet willing to help but can’t really know how to go about it…. Please provide us with contact information so that we can contribute some thing… WAITING!

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