Dead teachers appearing on promotion list, ministry concedes ‘error’

April 9, 2019 Green Muheya -Nyasa Times 41 Comments

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Principal Secretary Justin Saidi, has conceded that there names of deceased teachers appearing on the list of 20 210 teachers it has promoted last week.

Saidi: We are rectifying the error

“It is true that there are some names if the list of teachers who are dead,” said Saidi after social media revelations of “ghost teachers” on promotion list.

Saidi said the deceased names were included due to an error of an electronic system which generated the names of the promoted teachers.

He said the ministry uses information from the Department of Human Resources Management “which automatically depicted the named”.

Said the ministry is working towards “rectifying the error”.

He said: “Technology is prone to errors.”

Experts have questioned the timing of the promotion of teachers against a background of demands dating back to 2014 by Civil Society on Education Coalition (Csec) and Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) for the same.

Csec executive director Benedicto Kondowe faulted government for delaying to effect them, saying some teachers have served in one position for over 20 years.

“We are mindful that there are 40 000 teachers who need to be promoted. These teachers are not supposed to beg for promotions,” he said.

Saidi defended the timing. He said the promotions have been implemented now because there were processes to be followed.

He claimed that government promotes teachers every four years. However, in 2015, four years back, no teacher was promoted.

Saidi said the promotions were budgeted for; hence, will not have a bearing on bloating the civil service wage bill now at K393.6 billion.

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41 replies on “Dead teachers appearing on promotion list, ministry concedes ‘error’”

  1. Uyu wa ku dedza kunkuyu nfuseni bwino bino. Anapakulako heVy ku education and amapanga matama kuti afuna aimile cani kaya paja?
    KUNKUYU NDITI.
    UMBONI ULIPOTU NDITI

  2. Ce saidi dont dress to impress.
    Mwanenepanenepa nde kumati ndi error.
    That means you just sit phwii olo kunyenga ma staff mahule aja with the exra ghost money you take . No AUDIT
    tsilu taona mutu ngati mphonda.
    Munya simunati

  3. Reforms under DPP have failed. This revelation has said it all. Dead people still on pay roll. Stupid Mtharika, stupid leaders.

  5. List imeneyi yomwe yatulutsa promotion ya aphunzitsi oti anamwalira ndi bvumbulutso loti ku bomako akulipirabe malemuwa osanamizira technology era, taganizani inu ngati mwafuta dzina la munthu pa PC total figure ya malipiro imayenera isike ndipo ngati siinasike umachita check ndikufutanso.

  6. KACHAMBA,IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY JUST GO TO SMOKE YOUR CHAMBA IT WILL KEEP YOU BUSY FOR A LONG TIME AS I HAVE NO TIME TO WASTE ON MORONS LIKE YOU.

  7. ambili timawaona kupekupe ndi ma laptop, tablet etc cant even know how to login or they ask their secretaries to set it so you know here though the bwanas dont know that whoever they ask to set for them has the password and can see it all.ndalama za kuba. tapitanimukaone za ku dedza komwe anthu ku bomako DC ndi gulu kumenekoagula magalimoto koma akuwabisa amatuma anthu aziwayendetsera. tilinayo list. azibamboobisala mu plastic bag

  8. Technology is prone to errors? errors of ghost workers? Or we can say civil servants are not best users of technology?

  9. Malawians,it is time to get rid of Mathanyula and his dupes before it is too late.What is going on in our country is both pathetic and unbelievable in the regime that is led by the so-called PROFESSOR.This is a teaching history for us Malawians to wakeup.Banda did what he wanted us to do and,we were pleased and called him WAMUYAYA AND MESSIAH,this time we must wakeup and hold Muthalika accountable,enough is enough for how long we are going to be enslaved by foreigners? It is extremely unbelievable that the people of Malawi can be rolled like a ball to and from, time has come to stand or fall.How would names of dead teachers appear on promotion list without the Minister of Education and the President know?This is unbelievable in the sense that the case is vehement and leads to someone convicted in the court of law.Malawi is known to be one of the deadliest corrupt nations in Africa since the two obnoxious Muthalikas-led governments.However,the present conspicuous trend needs government’s real strong hand to come to the bottom of the whole story otherwise Muthalika and the Minister of Education must be brought to the court of law for corrupt leadership.Comes May elections,Malawians must go to vote for UTM under the patriotic and brilliant leadership of the dynamic S.CHILIMA.Malawians,with the love of GOD THE ALMIGHTY,WE MALAWIANS IN DIASPORA,WISH YOU A GOOD FIGHT FOR OUR MOTHERLAND MALAWI. CHILIMA AND UTM,BOMA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

    1. This is not what we are discussing here. We are talking about issues concerning Civil Servants at Capital Hill not Politicians. Can you for once sober up and leave this species of people alone please, Winston.

  11. audits and verifications have been done several times, and we still have dead teachers on the payroll. why consult the system when they have structures which should have been asked to make submissions for promotions with all necessary documentation

    1. I have issues with the criteria used to promote teachers. If we are to progress as a country, I believe promotions should be based on one’s performance not some computer generated list aimed at garnering support for the impeding elections. If this is our mentality, we can as well forget developing this country to the likes of Europe.

  16. Ntchito zolemberana tribalism that’s how you end up with dull PSs like uyuyu! This moron believes that the whole Human Resources Management Information System can make such errors? God help us! These tribes can finish all the resources the country has if left to run it.

  17. Its not enough to rectify the error but we need to find out who is part of this syndicate??, who has been signing off on the payroll??……. this DPP government needs to go !!! they have no shame

  19. We CANNOT have another five years of this DPP madness! they are going to bankrupt the country if we allow that … DZUKA MALAWI DZUKA!!!

  20. Is it only fair to conclude that this is a systemic problem? I truly believe its not only teachers but the whole civil service is rotten, this is going on in ALL departments!

  21. Kodi ndiye kuti ma promotion wo ndi a random mu chi management system cho? I thought they should be merit based, attached to some form of performance appraisals? Atleast that way you could’ve known who exactly is being promoted. Kungoti akuthyolo 13,000, lilongwe 56, mzimba 45, choncho basi timatero ma promotion abale? Inu ndianthu okhudza kwambiri

    Obviously those promoted atamwalira and opanga retire wo, salary yaotu ikutuluka mwenzi ndi mwenzi. Anthu mukusosola money mbomamu 😂 eeh. Cash chani? Geti. Cash chani? Geti, ndikuti cash chani? Getiiiii

  22. Error?
    Kupanda wina kuulula , ndekuti
    Ma kopala ose anali olowa mu geni ya winaake.ndani sakudziwani.
    Yaduka

    1. Yadkadi apa. Ine ndilli ku RSA ndidasiya uphunzitsi 2006 koma ndamva kuti dzina langa latuluka pa list promotion. Kodi nthawi yonseyi ndiye kuti salary imatuluka ndipo amasayinira ndani?

  23. Tingonena kuti Mr Kondowe mukudya nawo zama ghost workers, munthu sangakhale pa payroll system atamwalira.

  24. AMALAWI! AMALAWI! DZIKO Lomvetsa chisoni ili ha!! Technology can be prone to errors. When did you know that. If you knew technology can prone to errors, why didn’t you do it manually then? AMALAWI!!!. Dziko ili kumvesa chisoni. You blame technology not blame yourself and the people working around the clock to still from Malawian tax payers. If you have dead teacher promoted, it means these ghost workers are being paid and someone is drawing those salaries out of our banking system. Kumvetsa chisoni iwe MALAWI. UDZATUKUKA LITI IWE? HU.

  28. Wagwidwanso gogo muntharika;
    -That was deliberate because gogo muntharika knew that promoting dead people is easier than living ones. Secondly all the dead are still getting paid and where the money goes is any body’s guess. Finally the minister of education is a form two student just like mchacha when he was deputy minister of finance with a junior certificate during bingu.
    Chimulilenji or A samudziwa mukuti akhale minister of education. Manyazi

  30. Should we conclude that our Govt employee database has not been updated for ages? Who is responsible? What do they actually do when they come to work in the morning and nock off in the evening? Playing Bawo? Eating? Drinking?….?????
    I believe this is a deliberate motive by the cartel of thieves masquerading as civil servants at Capital Hill to use ghost workers to siphon money out. This is just Ministry of Education. What about the other ministries? Please investigate.

  31. Very unfortunate that names of dead people are still appearing on Govt payroll. This means their monthly salaries are still being processed every month and ending up in other unscrupulous thieving civil servants’ accounts. Very sad indeed!

    1. Guys mbuzi za DPP izi tatopa nazo zizipita ehshhh!!!! Fraud and corruption everywhere

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