Malawi’s Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka, has thrown down a bold challenge to the country’s universities, demanding they step up and help mobilise desperately needed foreign exchange through their teaching and other services. Speaking during the signing ceremony of public sector reform commitments with academic institutions in Blantyre, the minister openly questioned […]
Malawi has secured a place alongside Nigeria at the top of Indonesia’s 2026 KNB Scholarship Programme, with 18 Malawian students selected for higher education opportunities in Indonesia. The result is significant not only for the students receiving scholarships but also for the trajectory of Malawi–Indonesia relations, where education is increasingly being used to build durable […]
A well-wisher, Paul Sosola, continues to support primary school children with uniforms across the country, with learners at Lulanga Primary School in Mangochi district the latest beneficiaries of his gesture on Monday. A total of 236 pupils — 106 boys and 130 girls — from the school received uniforms valued at K1.7 million. Sosola, 58, […]
A Lilongwe fabrication firm has come to the rescue of Mchesi Primary School, handing over 100 desks in a move that’s brought huge relief to a school that had been battling a chronic shortage. CH3 Interactions, based in Mchesi, splashed out MK6.9 million to maintain and restore the desks, delivered as part of the company’s […]
A Malawian judge has thrown out a desperate legal bid by a Pentecostal university to challenge its own deregistration, ruling that officials acted lawfully in stripping the institution of its licence. Pentecostal Life University and Great Dominion Holdings Limited had marched to the High Court in Lilongwe in a bid to launch judicial review proceedings, […]
The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) has announced a new partnership with the University of Malawi to provide fully-paid scholarships to 30 girls to study law, alongside a fellowship programme for early-career lawyers working on the rights of women and children who are victims of violence. The announcement was made in Zomba on September 15, […]
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has awarded five scholarships and six excellence awards to top-performing students at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) under its Mo Excellence programme. The awards form part of NBM plc’s broader commitment to providing 59 scholarships and 41 Vice Chancellor’s List awards to students across universities in the country, […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chimwemwe Chipungu, who is also Member of Parliament for Luchenza, has donated a package of essential school items to pupils from Luchenza Primary School who have been selected to begin Form One at various secondary schools. During the handover event, the students received school bags, blankets, exercise books […]
A Member of Parliament has told of his pride after a primary school in his constituency saw every single one of its candidates selected for secondary education — with 10 pupils earning coveted spots at National Schools. Dr Matthews Mtumbuka, MP for Rumphi Central and running mate to UTM Party’s presidential candidate, made the comments […]
The head of one of Malawi’s top-performing schools has hit out at critics who he says are consumed by envy rather than curiosity, after his pupils once again dominated this year’s national exam results. Enerst Kaonga, head of Maranatha Academy, said his school had delivered another outstanding performance in the Malawi School Certificate of Education […]
Maranatha Academy has offered a scholarship to study for a Master’s degree at Sharda University in India to Ireen Navicha, who represented Malawi at the Miss World pageant in Vietnam. Announcing the scholarship, Maranatha Academy Director Dr Ernest Kawonga said the gesture was a way of honouring Navicha, a former student of the school, for […]
Twenty-three Malawians preparing to begin postgraduate study in the UK were guests of honour at a reception hosted by the British High Commission in Lilongwe as diplomats and former scholars gathered to mark the latest cohort of Chevening and Commonwealth award-holders. The group – two Chevening Scholars and 21 Commonwealth Scholars – will disperse across […]
Private academy opens applications for K12bn fund covering 500 students in 2026/27 academic year Each student to receive K24 million over four years, covering tuition and learning support Scheme open to Form 1–4 students from public, private and grant-aided schools Prisca Ndundu never had to worry about school fees. In 2024, her only concern was […]
Overall pass rate stands at 59.26%, with 111,510 of 188,169 candidates successful Male candidates outperform females: 62.80% pass rate for boys vs 53.77% for girls Internal candidates post best results of any category, at 64.08% External candidates struggle most, with under half passing Female special needs candidates buck the trend, outperforming males by nearly 8 […]
The President of the Private Schools Association of Malawi (Prisam), Ernest Kaonga, has challenged teachers across the country’s private education sector to raise their game, insisting that hard work is the key to boosting both learner performance and staff welfare. Kaonga argued that strong academic results directly attract more pupils to private schools, which in […]
The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) has reaffirmed its ambition to position itself as a global and national hub for agribusiness transformation, as Malawi looks to unlock greater value from its agricultural economy. The university says strengthening research, investing in young people and building strategic partnerships will be central to developing solutions […]
More than 33,000 needy and eligible students have been provisionally approved for funding under the 2026/27 academic year loan cycle, as the Higher Education Students Loans and Grants Board (HESLGB) revealed it had been hit with unprecedented demand for financial support. The Board confirmed that 33,25 8 students have provisionally secured funding, after processing a […]
Traditional leaders across Malawi’s Yao community have made a powerful pledge to transform the lives of 75 vulnerable girls, announcing they will receive vital financial support to continue their education as part of this year’s Chiwanja Cha A Yao cultural festival. The girls, drawn from 15 primary schools across Salima, will be helped to make […]