Chilima gets Livingstonia Synod nod on abolishing ‘evil’ quota system
Livingstonia Synod of the CCAP Church has given full support to Vice President Saulos Chilima’s candidature over his pragmatism by being the first politician to publicly denounce the quota system.
The synod General Secretary (GS), Reverend Levi Nyondo, said the church fully supports the stand Chilima has taken on the matter, arguing the policy was aimed disadvantaging and depriving people from the Northern Region of their right to education.
“The same day we congratulated him because this is what we have been asking the government to abolish for more than 10 years. But government has been deaf, with no response. So, if this [policy] can be abolished, we really thank him,” said Nyondo in an interview on Saturday.
But the GS said the church followers will tread cautiously over the matter, considering that local politicians are good at promising what they will not implement once elected into positions of their choice.
“But Malawians need to give him a chance. We have confidence in him because he has said it and he is the first politician of influence to come out strongly against the policy. Other presidents in the past have even failed to mention it. We are waiting that when he assumes power, Chilima will implement his anti-quota system policy. The answer is in his hands,” Nyondo said.
Chilima told thousands of people that gathered for the United Transformation Movement (UTM) launch in Lilongwe that he will abolish the equitable selection of students to public universities, arguing it was designed to serve interests of selfish politicians.
“Quota system is evil and satanic. I will abolish it the same day I have been elected to presidency. It is disenfranchising deserving students from the North based on their region of origin. That’s not acceptable!” he said.
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MWANA NYANI,Yes,the name fits you it means you are the son of MONKEY.let me educate this son of monkey that,NORTHERNERS are not self-perceived victims of quota system which has never broken the youth of the North.they still pass with very high marks despite this unhuman system.Indeed son of a mokey,the people of the Noth are going to vote for Chilima who has come in the open of all Presidents we have had,to kill the bloody quota system which has also tainted thee governments of Malawi.This son of evil,frankly speeking,has not destroyed Northerners,for instance,go to the UK universities,you will find hundreds of TUMBUKA students there,Come in the States,you will be astonished yourserl to find hundreds of students in the American,doctors,Engeneers and broad range of learning just to mention a few countries abroad.So Mwana Wa Bwengu,you make a fool of yourself.Northerners are going to vote Chilima
BAKILI MULUZI ABOLISHED THE DISCRIMINATORY QUOTA SYSTEM WHILE IN GOVERNMENT,IT WAS RE INTRODUCED BY THE TRIBALISTIC LATE BINGU MUTHALIKA.DO WE ALL REMEMBER THAT EVEN BINGU USED TO SAY HE WILL ABOLISH IT? DO WE ALL KNOW THAT THE USUALLY SLEEPY MCP CONTINUES TO BE SILENT,MCP NEITHER OPENLY SUPPORTS IT NOR SPEAKS AGAINST IT.YOUNG CHILIMA HAS TAKEN A RISK BY SPEAKING THE TRUTH,WHAT A TRUE AND GOD FEARING LEADER.THOSE LEADERS THAT KEEP SILENT AND BRING IN CHEATING DEFINITIONS OF THE EVIL QUOTA SYSTEM LIKE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATION ARE NOT DIFFERENT FROM THE CORRUPT LEADERS , I MEAN THE DR GEORGE CHAPONDAS. IF MCP CONTINUES TO BE SILENT ON QUOTA, IT ONLY MEANS THEY ARE JUST AS CORRUPT IN THEIR MIND AS GEORGE CHAPONDA.CORRUPTION STARTS IN THE MIND…….
U just show how limited ur thinking is? Havent u heard MCP speaking against this? call MCP wati want but UTM is DPP and same mbava….
Fortunately he cannt win…SKC cannt win….analikuti? He campaigned in 2013 promoting this policy and four yes he has….wen other actors said this is evil he was busy caressing APM……He promoted evil policies….. simungatipusise….make it little noise but see Zim reality…..
KAKA NI DADA,YOU ARE REALLY A NICOMPOOP.RIGHT NOW CHAKWERA IS RULED BY AN ARAB,HE HAS NO TIME FOR NORTHERNERS.HE HAS BEEN IN THE BRUTAL MCP FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW,WHY COULDN’T HE RAISE THIS ISSUE OF QUOTA SYTEM.YOU ARE ALSO AN IDIOT AND YOU MUST SHUTUP AND REMAIN IN YOUR KILLER MCP.DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT MCP DID TO THEM? FOOLISH MAN!!!!!!!!!!
We are in north. ndipo tikusupporter Chakwera. upsa ndima…..Chakwera is our President. imwe gawanani ma vote nge umo Chilima wakayowoyera…..kugawana zida. akuba nokha nokha.
Subaru. Ulira…..We cannot allow technological mbava in SKC…..We are going but cannot be cheated….
Does this new Chilima really thinks the Northern Region, the self perceived victim of the “quota”, will vote for him and UTM instead of their own Party, AFORD?
And how about the rest of country, does it not count, Mr VP?
Northerners they don’t vote based on regionalism but rather on merit of a candidature
You are right
Chilima abolishing “quota”? Only a dream.
The so-called quota is supported by the MAJORITY OF MALAWIANS; and SKC and his bus company will go down i defeat, majorly, on this issue. He’s shown great naivite by denouncing this fair system (fair to the whole country) right off the blocks.
I tell you, the so-called quota is a third rail in Malawi politics; no body of consequence will want to mess with it.
Popular with dunderheads like yourself. Hoping you will even understand my writing.
CONGLATULATIONS LIVINGSTONIA SYNOD!!!!!!! Your response to our next President Chilima,is humanely and patriotic.Chilima deserves the North’s gratitudes in the sense that,all leaders who came before him are immoral and tribalistic Banda,never cared about the quota system,to them everything was going on well,forgeting the fact that this was purely tribalism.And not only that,economically,the North was brutally ignored by the coming leaders viz: Bakili Muluzi,idiotic Bingu Muthalika,J.Banda and Peter Mathanyula.As you can see,all of them came from the Central and Southern Malawi as if they are the only ones who own Malawi.As AFORD is six-feet deep,i strongly urge my brothers and sisters of the North to overwhelmingly VOTE FOR UTM led by Chilima the true son of Malawi.At the sametime, we must kickoff opportunistic MPs,who are in the Parliament just to get-free finances on top of your head.
U are great cheat….Where has he been since 2013 when he campaigned on the same? He is as great cheat as you are. mbava nonse sitikusiyani………..Like Kaliati sold Nyika here. We cannot forget………he was there when our brothers were killed. don’t count north. Ise no Chilima…..answers timudyere…..but palibe chaka 2019
bwinotu bwino saulosi
Well done! its about time people start taking a stand and not just sit in the background fearful, Freedom is not free, we all need to raise up and fight for our rights, weve been oppressed for to long, lets rally behind SKC, he is the real deal!!!!!
as for me and my family can not vote for those who call equitable access to education evil and satanic
Do not ABUSE words PLEASE!!!
There’s UNFAIRLY fair in the word equity.
What is unfairly FAIR when an unprivileged girl from Nthalire Community Day Chitipa with 15 points who was studying using KOLOBOYI being left out for university selection and picking a nephew of a minister from Mulanje with 20 points (after repeating his MSCE at Kaphuka Private)? Does it make sense? Do you call this equitable access? No wonder SKC calls the system EVIL and SATANIC!!!
SHAME!!!
So are you saying people in other district are foreigner to education system? If someone is in Neno using the same coloboyi and get 10 points should he or she remain home just because the merit needs Mkandawire or chirwa? If you did listern to that part at mjamba did you hear people prouding? That one will gona cost him something
Noted and applauded. But UNESCO in its research conducted in the mid 1980s discovered that every child is born with intelligence, and that its the environment in which the child is combined with other social factors that influences it to do either bad or better in class. At most, some fail to exploit their intelligence.The boy from Kasungu who harnessed the wing showed people in Malawi how to exploit once’s intelligence despite residing in a rural setting. The south is lucky in that it has a lot of schools and universities, possibly combining those in the north and the centre. As such one would expect pupils to flood the institutions in large numbers rather than let them be used by pupils from other regions. It seems the influx from other regions in particular from the north is what prompted the framers of quota system to introduce it as one way of curtailing their access to education.
To say the truth, since the missionaries introduced education in 1870s, people from the north knew at the very beginning how important education is. Many took it as a key to success. Since merit system was introduced by the British, it afforded them an opportunity to work harder so that they make it to institutions of higher learning. The stiff competition that merit system provided did not deter them. To others it was a stumbling block. But those responsible for creation of spaces in public universities never saw it fit to increase the intake of students affected by the merit system. Instead they decided to whip up people’s emotions by coalescing with ethnicity. They thought about quota system which, in essence, effectively reduces those who made it into universities by virtue of merit.
According “university world news”, quota system promotes educational mediocrity and curtails education infrastructure. Thus, backers of quota system are not interested to built as many universities as possible with a view to accommodate all those aspiring for higher education. “Everybody is supposed to be judged based on intellect”. On another level, the system reduces the quality of teaching and its out comes. Above all else, it sacrifices merit and competence in order to accommodate students based on ethnicity. If the students do not belong to the preferred grouping, then, those students are sieved. They are out for good. If an inferior student is picked up instead of a more qualified candidate because the backers of quota system wanted to create a balance, then, excellence is thrown out of the window.
In fact, excellence is not an issue in the quota system. It is more about where you come from. It breeds mediocrity and is a grave injustice to the intellectuals in Malawi. No wonder students’ performance in public universities keep going down as noted on the world university rankings. There is no university from Malawi in the top 50 or 100 on Africa University Ranking List. I envy Zimbabwe where students enrollment has increased from a small number of 2 280 in 1980 to 17 000 in 2017. No wonder one private university in Zimbabwe is the top 50. With the quota system, what is the solution to the current mediocrity? Should those in south and centre continue spewing hate against northerners who are opposing it since it is a pernicious policy which is breeding injustice to all students in Malawi?
Some people are still in their sleeping bags. Really Rev . All what you think is oat system. You don’t think of turning the north around with better developments, that will create jobs. Hey, some people are difficult to understand the way they reason..
Koma Livingstonia sizatheka….. It’s same Chilima uyu wanguwa muboma promoting same. Mwakopeka anyondo nawanyinu…. Ine ndekha yayi Chilima na DPP mbamoza……ise ku Ifumbo takana nyondo. Nanthi wapiwa banzi…..
Unfortunately, he can’t win the elections and the one to abolish quota system is not Chilima but Chakwera. Chilima talked about it in order to buy your interest so that he protects his fellow thieves. Rev Nyondo don’t forget that Chilima is an architect of 2014 votegate, Masangwi is an architect of Chasowa murder while Msowoya is known for tractorgate, Kaliati is known for tourismgate ( Nyika national park ). Remember these are the people who have messed up this country for 25 years. For Malawians to clean the mess in government, there is need to remove both Muthalika and Chilima from running the affairs of the state. Failure to do that all of you in support of Chilima will be disappointed.
Joyce banda promised and failed to end quota system. Who is Chilima to end it? Unless one is gullible, you can’t believe that.
Rev nyondo you are man of God you have to be infront promoting equal opportunities and justice. Do you think malawi as the whole we can allow this ?
In agriculture or farming theres quota too. Lets promote equal opportunity and equal justice. We are all Malawians. Chilima he wrote Exams in the quota system too.in those days there was cheating butc people didn’t recognise it. With corruption QUOTA SYSTEM CAN NOT WORK . Lets love malawi and bring it back to be aland of opportunities like nthawi ya, Kamuzu. II LOVE MALAWI
But why do you promote a quota system where you are writing same examination?The ones who have passed with good results or marks let them be selected to go to university.That is why nowadays you find someone is in university but he/she does not know how to speak english etc because of this useless quota system
Let me correct, English is a language of British. speaking English is the same as speaking french. Knowing English language doesn’t prove how smart you are. French people are good with chemical engineering but most of them don’t speak English. So can you say they are uneducated? If your answer is yes then your stupid.
It is not surprising that Livingstonia Synod has taken such a stand. In 2018 the first recorded exam cheating took place in Livingstonia synod territory in Mzuzu. All that Rev Nyondo is propagating is that Exam Cheaters should go to university while students from South and Crnter with their genuine grades should have no space at the university. We will not allow it unless Chilima comes out clearly how he intends to end exam cheating in the north.
You will never withstand with a student from north.Northerners are always intelligent that is why you are jealous of them.And they don’t cheat in exams for that matter you tribalist
THIS BABY DOESN’T READ THE POLITICS IN QUOTA, HE SHOULD ASK JOYCE BANDA AND MUTHARIKA WHY THEY JUST LOOKED AT QUOTA AND LEFT IT AS IT IS. HE WILL REGRET MENTIONING QUOTA AS A CAMPAIGN AGENDA. I FEEL SORRY FOR THE BABY.
@Lego: “You will never withstand (sic) with a student from north.” Meaning?
Why not just write in the local vernacular Chichewa? You certainly can’t be one of the “Northerners (who) are always (sic) intelligent …”
Koma abale chingerezi chavuta!
Mmmmm i disagree. Everywhere you will find someone intelligent there is no region where all are intelligent. If so how is it possible intelligent people are failing to develop themselves? I have 38 points on MSCE, I’m from neno i did not go to what you call nothener university per your impression. I went to Northampton University come out with 3.8 GPA. I went to BHSP i did Diagnostic Medical Sonography with 3.9 GPA. but I’m not a northerner. Kumeneko munati mapoints achuluka ine opanda mzeru. Kuno akuti I’m so smart. Which means anzeru aku north kuno ndi dzitsilu