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Embatted Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda was on Wednesday pinned down by the joint inquiry of...
First of all Public university fees are not high. Fees for National Secondary schools like Likuni Boy’s, Mtendere and Dedza are 225,000 per year at 75,000 per term. We should realize that Quality education costs money. With an increase in the number of students we can not expect Government to foot every expense for students. Private universities are charging MK1 million per year and many people including some who are not so rich are enrolling. Government says it spends MK2.5-5 million per student per year depending on program of study, with the most expensive being College of Medicine. Thirdly, I… Read more »
True but not very true. Which companies are making super profits in Malawi? I hope also the profits of these companies will go to the students otherwise we will end up funding some elites as CEOs. The challenge with Malawi is that nothing runs professionally and we always push and mingle politics with every venture. There should be no nepotism and bias when recruiting the personnel to run the university companies
Views that the Malawi Polytechnic should own a construction company is supported. Reason being that its staff will never compromise building standards and quality. For many years planning has fallen into a long downward spiral. The urban areas are gradually being congested with residential houses and unimposing offices. Planning and planners have become the villain of such developments . It appears planners have lost the idea as to where to correctly allow for the erections of structures for particular purposes. They have set a precedent for the indiscriminate scattering of buildings across the area. It is an absolute fiasco. It… Read more »