Malawi govt wants cost sharing in education: Fees increased, students sponsorship abolished
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has made some changes on fees paid in both secondary schools and public universities.
Changes that are with immediate effect in the 2015/2016 academic year, includes abolishing of sponsorship towards students pursuing studies in public universities.
Lonely Magreta, Secretary for Education, Science and Technology, announced the changes on Saturday in Lilongwe, at a news conference.
She said school fees at the three levels; Secondary, Tertiary and High Level education were unrealistic and too little hence the need for cost sharing since “Government resource envelope cannot suffice to meet all the requirements.”
Secretary for Education then expressed hope that new changes will improve the quality of education and help to make available of all necessary resources in education.
Secondary School fees
Mainly, public secondary school tuition fees per term have been revised from K500 to K3,000 and other changes are on Textbook Revolving Fund now at K3,000, General Purpose Fund at K2,000, MCDE module fee MK1,000 and Centre fee at K7,000 (for Open Secondary Schools) and Development Fund is now at K2,000 which in the past varied between different schools depending on the project being undertaken in a particular school.
From the new figures, the total amount of money to be paid as school fees per term will be seen to be higher due to major changes made on boarding fees.
National Government Secondary Schools boarding fees have been revised from K1,500 to K25,000 whereas National Grant Aided Secondary Schools boarding fees has been slightly changed from K55 to K65 thousand.
District Boarding Secondary School boarding fees are now at ranges of K35,000 to K40,000 and this change also applies to District and Community Day Secondary Schools that have partial boarding facilities (girls hostels)
Magreta said the standardization of boarding fees is a response to concerns raised by parents over the increase in the price of goods and services on the open market.
She said the Ministry has therefore raised boarding fees to enable schools to run boarding facilities effectively and also to bring about uniformity in fees charged across schools as well ad improve the diet.
Now, total amount of school fees would be K35,000 for National Secondary schools, K75,000 for National Grant Aided Secondary Schools and K35,000 to K50,000 for District Secondary Schools (similarly to District and Community Day Secondary schools with girls hostels).
But, fees at District and Community Day Secondary Schools will be at K10,000 while Open Day Secondary School, fees will be K12,000.
Changes in colleges
The Secretary for Ministry of Education said Government has abolished programme of selecting Government sponsored students in all public universities.
She therefore said all students will be required to pay amount of tuition fees payable for similar programmes.
Government sponsored students who were getting up keep allowance, paid K55,000 per year a lesser tuition fees than self sponsored students who were required to pay K275,000 per year.
“The previous arrangements of having Government sponsored and Self sponsored students was a recipe for disaffection amongst students and created unfortunate impression that some students were more favoured by Government than others,” said Magreta but noted that Government sponsored students who were enrolled in Public Universities during the past years up to 2014 will still be eligible to receive upkeep allowances until they complete their studies.
She said this also applies to Domasi College of Education and in the case of Domasi, the revision of tuition fees is aimed at bringing about parity.
“Before the revision, the College had Government sponsored students who were paying K1,500 per year for either a Diploma or Degree course whereas self sponsored students were paying K180,000 for a Diploma course and K220,000 for a Degree course. The revision of fees has removed discrimination in the fee structure.
“After all, students who graduate with either diplomas or degrees from Domasi College of Education are employed in the public service on equal terms with those who graduate with diplomas and degrees from other Public Institutions of Higher Learning,” she explains
“The potency of Government to provide its citizens with either heavily subsidized or virtually free secondary, tertiary and higher education is increasingly becoming less tenable in the face of a limited resource envelope and competing priorities. This trend is not only evolving in Malawi but also in many countries in the world,” said the Secretary for Education.
“Government has a choice of either having education system which is under resourced and uncompetitive or very well resourced through the co-sharing of costs between Government and individual beneficiaries. Any well meaning Malawian will choose the latter. That is the direction that the Malawi Government has taken while at the same time ensuring that needy students are not left behind in their quest for quality education,” explains Magreta.
Magreta has indicated that students who will not be able to pay the revised fees in Secondary Schools, will continue to be assisted by Government to access bursaries.
Needy students who will be selected to pursue courses at Domasi College of Education and those pursing courses at both Public and Private Universities, will be eligible to apply for recently introduced Higher Education Students’ Loans and Grants which are being managed and administered by Higher Education Students’ Loans and Grant.
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I dont know where this country is going. Expect tough times
We shal c as for me am skeptical if am going to attend my tertiary edu @ poly if I wil b left for out 4 the loan. Nde kaya tiziona
the saying that common sense is not common, suitably implies to the Government of Malawi. Not all people in Malawi are privileged to have the riches of the world, most families belong either to the middle class or lower class and it so unreasonable to raise such amount of fees in the name of having a competitive education. in this case its only the rich to access education. In spite of loan that is put forth to those who cant manage paying fees has a slim possibilities that the needy students would be beneficiaries. I have had my own experience; in my second year now @ the university of Malawi chancellor college but its hard to get a scholarship.
these people in all senses are foolish; an MP contributes nothing to the development of Malawi yet they are being paid a million yet they are limiting the developers of the nation with their un- reasonable amount! !
We r being government by an animal which has no rational conscience, bolaso mbuzi bwanji!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This so bad and nonsense.The government must think well.You are killing the poor.Why acting as you are not human beings?
This so foolish.The government must think critically and creatively.You are killing the poor.Why acting as dogs?
Mukulimbikitsa munthu akhale ophunzira nanga pemenepa osuka chake chilipo! zikomera opata.
Azuphunzila ndi olemelaw okha okha ife isawuka ulendo okapha mbewa basi.
After 51years and 4presidents, it is the much touted original professor who has failed to maintain Education subsidies? These continued under Bingu zero aid and Joyce Banda’s zero aid. Koma inu mwalephera a Peter. You think malata and cement subsidy is more important than education subsidy??? You are WRONG! I know why you are having problems running this country.. You STOLE the vote from man of God Chakwera. Now you’re being punished. Ndipo likunyerera dziko ili sunati. u surrender wekha soon you will reveal how you stole the vote because we are still praying for the truth to come out. Failed Professor
Izi zikusonyeza kuti mitengo ikwera mwambiri, therefore misonkho musitse not 16.5% which is paid by everyone ikhale cham’ma 10% kkkkkk.
Kodi a Muthalika Mwangotalika. Don’t you see that will only favour well to do people. Do you that the money you want to be paid as fees is from the same people who are paying Income Tax. Anthu omwewa akupeleka msonkho kunsika pogula katundu, Internet, SMSs, pamsewu ma minibus. Kodi mukufuna Titani. Musayiwale boma lanu lidaalonjeza kusapeka change kwa ogwira ntchito M’boma, izi zinangokomera inu. Ngakhale kuti sinasinthe ndalama zamalipiro monga mudalonjezera mwakweza msonkho. Pano tilikuva mphekesela yoti mukufuna muwachotsere aphunzitsi kandala koonjezera ko gwirira ntchito kumudzi kamba koti ndalama palibe. Kodi ndalama palibezo ndizothandizira anthu osaukafe? Zanu zomapatsana pamaulendo ngati awa ndiye zilipo?
Vuto lathu a Malawi tapereka dziko kwa anthu omwe sakudziwa umphawi. Anakulira, kuphuzira kunja. Akati akumana ndi anthu ndi achoma okha. Koma osauka akumalawi ndiwomwe anakuvoterani mutawalonjeza zabwimo. Lero mwasintha, mwayamba kulumira kunchira.
we must think that a lot of Malawians who their kids are at schools are poor people,i’m worried that most of these student will give up school due to fees.It’s almost 75% of our people are not working,they are struglering to pay this amount and now increasing,I’m sorry things will be from bad to worse. I hope government understand the vulnerability of their people.
Ine nagwirizana ndi maganidzo a #4, 9, 12, 20, 23, 30, 44 ndi 50. Nthawi ya Kamuzu kunali ndalama zankhani-nkhani zopatsidwa ndi maiko a kunja. A Malawi tinalipo pang@ono, 4 million yokha. Lero zinthu zasintha, chuma chasintha, kwacha adaigwetsa mbuli za PP. Lero boma lili ndi zinthu zambiri zofuna ndalama. Timaiwalatso kuti boma liri ndi ngongole ndi maiko ndi mabungwe akunja amene limalipira mwezi ndi mwezi kuchokera kumitsonkho yathu. Lero taberekana mpaka kufika 17 million, boma liyenera kuonjedzera zipangaidzo za masukulu, zipatala, misewu, feteleza waulere, chimanga chaulere nthawi ya njala ndi zina zotero. Kamuzu adanena kale kuti tigwiritse ntchito nthaka yathu kuti tipedze ndalama. Malawi siwosauka ai. Ife tikugwirizana ndi boma pokweza fees m’masukulu anthu. Pempho kwa Dr Fabioano ndi mai Magreta, chonde gwiritsani ndalama za fees kusamalira masukulu amene sali bwino, mugule ma desiki ndi zipangidzo zina zophunzitsira ana. Komanso lipirani maphunzitsi malipiro abwino. Mukatero maphunziro m’Malawi adzatukuka.
ZA Ziii,mukuchitazo muona polekera.timuuza tuberculosis joshua akudusitse wanyanyila iwe.
This money will just end up in peoples pockets. Peter is just trying to fund his Zero Deficit budget at the expense of his poor citizens. WHAT A SELFISH PRESIDENT!
This foolish president has been habouring this stupid idea since he was Minister of Education for a short while. Remember he raised school fees for Unima when his brother was outside the country. The idea was reversed by Bingu after malawians commented angrily on the move.
Dzuka Malawi Dzuka! This stupid president is taking the nation for a ride. Nothing his is doing is to the good of the country. This foolish idiot has destroyed the country and everyday he is making things worse!
What are we doing? Where is Voice Mhone? Where is Undule? Where is John Kapito? Where is Jessi Kabwira – we need to go to the streets. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
These thieves just want to find means to fund their continued cash-gating! Every day the poor are getting poorer while they give each other 80% salary increments plus hefty allowances at the expense of huge taxes imposed on our meager salaries.
By the way, Reserve Bank of Malawi, why are you allowing the banks to charge us interest rates that are just as bad as Katapila?! At the end of their fiscal years the banks declare billions in profits which they share to employees as bonuses in millions! you stupid professor and your Chilima are you not seeing that this is day light robbery!\
God should punish The DPP and its entire leadership for being so cruel to your poor citizens! What a set of bad selfish leaders!
welcome
Every enemy of my government be disgraced in Jesus name.
Boma ili litipha ndi umphawi. Civil servant kasalary komwe kaja tichotsepo ma cost omwe akwera ndi ma 12000%. Boma la JB linali bwino. Ikakhala cashgate osanamizana ndi Bingu adalekelera weakness ya ifmis ndicholinga choti aziba ndalama za boma.
It may be a gud idea but what the authorities should knw its not the gvt which was paying, but the gvt is taxing us 30% of our earnings and also 16.5% on whatever we buy. The major problem is Malawi has few workers who pay taxes for many people who are not working. Those working are paying for those unnecessary subsidies like the fertilizer, iron sheet and cement whch is benefiting the political prostutes. Let the gvt increase the civil servants salaries according to the reforms being undertaken and reduce the taxes on paye and also abolish these subsidies
3/4s of those commenting here benefited from free primary up to subsised secondary and university education
no wonder they have forgotten how parents struggle to raise school fees. kuli mabanja m’dziko lino, ana six wina form 4 wina 3 wina 2 wina 1 wina wangolemba a 8 koma inu?!
I think it is easy for most of us in Malawi to say Pitala alibe crue on the woes affecting our country Malawi. Ok. But I think this is the right direction that the government has taken, though painful. Some of the questions we Malawian ought to answer: when will we stop to rely on donor support/money to run the affairs of our government? After 50 +1 years of independence, we do not have a crue to sort our affairs without looking to somebody somewhere else? Shame on us if we continue to think that we cannot stand on our own to forge ahead. Surely, it is a very painful process, especially in the wake of cashgate which has taken our country this far. Maybe, the effects of cashgate are a blessing in disguise as we are NOW taking bold steps of survival. I do believe that from now onwards, we will never PERMIT any politician or top elites of our society to fool us again, we will hod them accountable. Fellow Malawians it’s now time to arise. Nthawi yogonetsana tulo yatha. MAY THE LORD BLESS OUR NATION! MAY EVERY POLITICIAN/TOP ELITE WHO DOES NOT PROMOTE THE UNITY AND WELFARE OF ORDINARY MALAWIANS FALL BY THE WAYSIDE! MAY GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED
Dziko latiraka ili,koma anthu inu m’maganizirako osauka kapena mumangoyang,Ana mtumba mwanu basi?feel sorry for other people
This does not tarry with the recession period we are in.
Did we have these changes debated in the parliament, was there any constitutions made with stakeholders? Democracy!
Mavuto alipo ndithu.Takula tatha,tisova tiona kuti tipanga bwanji.Nyengo ndi iyi yasintha,ulimi sukudalilika kaya titani.
That’s the way to go. Bravo govet but why did it take you such a long time time to wake and realise that university education is not cheap? In other well development countries like South Africa for example, you have people selected to universities but they spend at times tow years or so looking for sponsorships of all kinds. But in Malawi, they were paying peanuts and even asking for the so called allowances. Damn it!
Ma student olipililidwa ndi boma omwewa ma allowance awo akachedwa nkumachita zionetsero kuiwala kuti mbali ina zikuvuta chifukwa cha iwowo,anthu akenso ambiri amakhala opandanso expertise even after graduating chifukwa ngakhale popatsana mwayi wa maphunzirowa,amayangana ubale,not eligibility.Zaulelezinso zikuchulukitsa ulova wa ma graduate omwe akadapanda kupita ku university’ku bwezi akuthandiza pa chitukuko povomereza kusaphunzira nkumalima kapena kuchita kabaza,pitani mukaone magrduate a mNyambadwe okhalira kachaso mu Ndirande chifukwa choderera malipiro.Osamangokhalira kuloza chala boma.Nkhumba zachabechabe inu,mbuli zotheratu…
Thanks, that will alleviate bias.The primary schools need something to keep these shabby institution for beginners awake. We also need excellent competate teachers for our kids. Teachers might be go buy govt devalues them by giving them peanuts.
Mapwevupwevu govt at it again
Kale tinkalipila fees. I don’t see any problem here. after all Government is run by the people for the people. We are the ones who funds the government to run schools. This is tax money. Where tax money is not enough parents who have their kids at school must contribute.
Pitala has no clue on how to run this country
This is bullshit……. pple voted for you to solve economic problems.. note making excuses. You knew before elections that there was cashgate and pple expect you to provide solutions.. osati zimenezi iyayi…
I dont think you will survive come 2019.. mark my words
Munthu akugona uyu…
Komanso mu ma primary school seriously pupils need to pay.Imagine anthu kumidzi akumwama mowa daily. can they not afford to pay something for their kids ku ma primary school
Boma ilo!!!
Not good and abolish tuition fees,this money is not accounted for and is used to support political parties and individuals.let the money remain at schools for development
Yes, pamenepa zikhala bwinonso kuti ana a govt officials who get education benefits to attend government schools.
Ndiye muuzanenso2 kuti pafunika Saraly increment kwa ma Civil Servants, nanga 2 tambala mumatipatsai tikwanitsa ana 7 tili nawowa kuwalipilira ku CDSS?, Zandinyasa kwambiri.
after going through the comments, one can tell that pple r commenting based on their pockets. Some are happy while some r in pain as if they r in labour. Blessed r those who have the hrt for the poor.
apapalibe zolembaso mayeso a MSCE adzapeleke xul fees ndani?kwathu mkosauka nakwatira ine kalanga!!
eeeeh apa aziphuzira ndi ana amene akuchokera ku mabanja ochita bwino basi ife tizipitiriza kukhala amphawi
This is total rubbish saying that raising school fees will increase quality of education.during Dr banda the quality was high and yet students were sponsored.Muthalika has no money and want to make money for another ndata
I think now we, the invigilators who administered the just ended MSCE will get their allowances.Ours was not is not a cost sharing exercise. No.Those who went to mark the said exams were paid already.Why are not given our money?
How long shall we continue to be deprived of our money? Why are we bei
ng looked down as dogs?Did we say it
was an implied semi-voluntary work?NONO
This is a very important topic, amangwetu. And the changes may be necessary in the current economic situation.
But the reporting leaves a lot to be desired. The reporter packed a lot of information here, almost like copying verbatum from Ms Magreta’s press conference. Not good enough; a more simplified write-up would have helped. Just for a suggestion, somewhere, something like a table …
Secondary Schools Post-Secondary Education
Dist Day Sch Dist Board Sch Nat Board Sch Publ Univ. Prv Univ Domasi TTC
Curr fees ……… ………. ………. ……… ……. ……..
Prop fees ………. ………. ……….. ……… …….. ……..
Or a variation thereof.
Now I am just confused how much to put aside for my daughter’s next year’s tuition and boarding fees? I really have no idea from the data reported above.
mmati mutani a munthalika ndi a chilima kuyendesa boma sizophweka, zakulakani vomelezani. amene anayambisa zimenezi sadali opusa kodi kusintha mumanena kuja ndi uku? mukamati maiko ena akupanga zomwezi mutanthauza chani, mukulimbana ndi maiko olemela kale. anzanu ndi a ESCOM amangoti tikakweza ma service akhala bwino mpaka zaka 50… musanditukwanise ngati zakuvutani ndichamuna chomwe kuvomeleza ena ayesepo
Public University is for government to fully sponsor osati zachamba mukumapanganazo, inu mwaphunzira yaulele mufuna ena avutike??? mtima wa nkhandwe..shupiti !!!
Good move. And immediately stop malata and nyumba subsidy. The two decisions don’t are contradictory
Please abolish education benefits to Government officials’ whose children go to private school like St. Andrews, Kamuzu academy etc. Government should pay to whose children who go to public schools. This is a good change. It’s about time.
The top government officials must as well stop receiving anything for free otherwise dont let us carry the burden that you can not carry
Thats a good revising. The govt has done all it can to bring back the donors to support the national budget hence the revised fees to meet the costs and very shame on you so called donors and you’re responsible for making the poor to meet these costs. Please if the donors are for the poor then its your time to be concerned to the malawians. Govt is trying all it can and Malawi will not worship the devil through your donor because we all know what happens and strings attached to it. We’re descendants of Abraham and God will a way for the Malawi nation.
is that a he or a she???????
Inde za ulelerezi zatopetsa. Zikutipha mutu.
This is good it was not fair at all, you both work hard and go to college while you are living hand to mouth,always broke,some other dude is busy drinking at a joint all his money because govt pays for him.It was favouratism on the part of govt.If we have to suffer let us do so together,What was even painful is that some people with their HUGE points were put on govt sponsored because of quota while some of us were sidelined because of the same quota.BIG UP GOVERNMENT
Greedy politians, Had it been that Kamuzu banda was as greedy as today’s politians, they couldn’t have been on those top positions. These politicians were all educated free of charge now that they are well do they want to deny thr por their right to education. Peter muthalika has always failed education system. Ndadusa ine kut vuuuuuuuuu
Well much as the govt has done that its mother the right time. Basic necessities are expensive while salaries remain very low. An average Malawian will struggle to choose between starving and education. Look at fertilizer prices. Kaya lets wait and see.
Zikavuta Sintha, forget about Chakwera. nawo amalalikira zomwzi pa campagn yawo.
Now A APM ayamba kubwera. Gwiranikoninso ku Health ndi agriculture. Mwina madoktor angasiye kuba mankhwala.
apa ndiye ama piece work ayamba kupezeka nanga sizambiri zinali zaulele.
Komatu zibwana kusiya apo jacket sapisila. Bwanji tizilimbikila kulima. Osati kumangoti manja zii ngati mzungu m’manja ai. Mwachitsanzo munthu ukagula second hand clothes pamafunika unasule uzisankhe zikhale mu magulu. Mu Malawi muli za ufiti za jelasi ndi za ku Church. Dziko la Malawi likumila ndi izo ndalemba pa mwambapo. Umphawi ukupitililabe. Mavuto a dzikoli. Ngati ma MP sakuchitapo kanthu sakuchitapo kanthu kuthandiza a Malawi anthu mavuto angawathele bwanji???? By 2020 Malawians will be worse off than now. Unless foreigners are asked ack to run businesses again. Kuthamangitsa aMwenye kale lija m’ma 1970 muja zinazetsa Malawi usauko omwe ukupitililawu
If you think you are too poor to take care of yourself, choose death. If you think education is expensive choose ignorance, then you are safe.
Good show DPP
a pitala zakuvutan vomerezani izi sizinayambe zachitikapo kukweza sakweza choncho, atakhala malipiro a munthu ogwira mboma mungakweze choncho? thats nonses, inuyo sizikuwawani cox ana anu amaphunzira kunja ma xul odura kwambiri koma imajine munthu waku phimbi ku Balaka akwanitsa kulipilira mwana wake xul? inutu mufa ndi pressure ya anthu ndadana nanu koophysaaa
Zativuta apa,mukananena manifesto yanu ija kuti mudzawafinya anthu osauka sinkanakuvoterani,zavuta basi!
zikhale choncho, boma ndalama lizizenga kuti? azungu adatithawa, boma likati likweze msokho muti ayi, sopano ndalama zolipirira anthu onsewa zichokera kuti? mankhwala, miseu, fertilizer osika mtengo komanso anthu ogwira ntchito boma afuna malipiro abwino zonsezi zimafuna ndalama, koma ndalamazo zichokera kuti? olo atabwera a chakwera omwe mukunenao azagwiritsa ndalama zanthumba mwao, galamukani amalawi anzanga
Mwagulisa Bank;kukweza Subsidy Fertilizer.Bwanji Osangogulisa Dziko La Mlwili Mtima Ukuyeleni? Mukwanisa Kulipilira Amphawi Onse Mmalwi Muno? Zateromu Ndi Ambuli Okhaokha Nxt 5yrs.
Ok then give us increment, since everything is going up and abolish that so called malata subsidy it doesn’t add up.
This shows typical failure..of Peter and his government. This family of Muntharika were not meant to rule Malawi…they have brought misery in our lovely nation.
Good step In right direction. We shud b paying fees, that’s very good. Nursing colleges too shud start paying. Look we have shortage of nurses n yet those who were trained by govt freely are in UK, Ireland etc. Not fair…
The end of DPP mark my words blunder after blunder .Mulungu anakukonderani kuti Mubwerere m BOMA koma apa you have missed a point ,2019 forget mwagulitsa game kwa Chakwera ,I HAVE SAID MARK MY WORDS mwatani kodi atilamulilenso wapakati? Atumbuka agawana Maududo ma Company ,check carsberg,standard,INDE ,poorly guided politics
Was this in the manifesto of DPP?. If it was then it was never stated. Eduction is the pillar and foundation of development. Why introduce iron sheets and cement subsidy and make education unaffordable for poor Malawians. I can bet that with this DPP policy illiteracy in Malawi will never go down.
ofunika pakhale quota
i thank the lord every day because i went to school in the MCP era.
thats it… thumbs up!
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Aphawi tikumana nanuxo kumadzi apa mjigo. Boma likumaluza ndalamaxo kumeneku. Muzikhoma nsonkho kumeneko. Mumva mbebe mumayesa nthati et! Chepetsani kuberekana. Zaulele masiku ano kulibe. Za mcp, za a Bakiri, za pp zaulele zija pano zikhale jokolofe kwa inu aphawi nose. Tikutero. Ndukuuzani. Nyumba yanu ya udzu ya mdindoyo mukapezeka mukupha tulo m’menemo, nsonkho ukupezani konko. Ndukuuzani. Ife siachibwanatu. Ni agreement ya zaka 10-iyi wina afune asafune zilitero basi. Ndukuuzani. Olemerafe ndalama timasowa zochita nazo. Ndalama ya m’thumba imaposa sukulu fizi. Zikutero. Ndukuuzani. DPP woyeeee! Palibexo ndukuuzani. Boma ili lili boh. Lidali kuti boma ili potulika lero. Timathithikana m’masukulu kaamba kamphawi tsopano tsopa aliyexe azikhala pa desk lakelake, mphunzitsi wakewake, Computa yakeyake. Zili boh.
I just wish that ministers, mps, senior government officers etc would send their children to public schools like it was during the Ngwazi days. That is the only they would understand and address the ever deteriorating standards in such schools. The same applies to hospitals. Top officials go and mostly die in South African hospitals. What a shame!
this should apply to all public colleges. why leaving out some of them. Malawi college of health sciences, college of forestry and many more. nice development.
Maybe Malawians will stop breeding children just for the sake of it. Everything free – education, feritlizer, seeds, water, electricity, health, security. Get off your asses and go to work! And if you dare bring a child into this densily populated country, be ready to pay for that kid!
And don’t tell me Malawians are poor – the so called poor and busy drinking kachasu daily whilst expecting someone else will take care of their food, health and the education of their children. When they are given fertilizer, they sale and go to drink more!! The very few people who are responsible and pay the full fees for their children are then heavily taxed to pay for free loaders that are looming the country. This kind of socialism is a disaster for Malawi.
Zabwera mochedwa. Malata and cement subsidy should also be abolished, otherwise it doesn’t make any upright sense.
I just wish that ministers, mps, senior government officers etc would send their children to public schools like it was during the Ngwazi days. That is the only they would understand and address the ever deteriorating standards in such schools. The same applies to hospitals. Top officials go and mostly die in South African hospitals.
Your claim is NOT correct at all.
Kamuzu’s hangers-ons sent their kids to St. Andrews, right here in Blantyre. It was, even then, a school for azungu and the rich/influential Africans. No cabinet minister ever bothered with nearby BSS. To them it was too biiii (black), even though most of the teachers were white. Compare with St. Andrews’ which had only one or two black teachers then.
So stop making Kamuzu out like he was exemplary.
When the government fails to provide social services for the people. Education for the rich.
SANITY, AT LAST
Ine ndi mulimi palibe chomwe ndikudandaula ana anga ndiwaphunzitsa ulimi.
Ine ndiye school yandilaka makolo anga amagulitsa thobwa aaaa allah will solve.
Government should focus on using the revenue saved to build infrastructure. We Ned more tarred roads, better electricity supply, more schools and clinics. Use the funds to train more teachers and make sure they are paid in time anhandsomomely. The article says needy students can apply for loans, which great. when they get loans they’ll not be getting allowances from our taxes or blocking roads and damaging our cars whenever allowances are delayed
This is very upsetting, why now? Where are we going as a nation.
mlw goverment plz jus handover to chakwera apa dziko lakuvutani ndipo mwaonetseratu evn mbale wako uja xul sanayambe atakwezapo choncho,kodi mesa mmadzithemba kuti muli ndi ndalama zambiri zoti mutha kuyendetsera dziko osakhudzako za boma? lero ndalama mukufuna kut anthu ndamene akupatseni kut muyebdetsere dziko,iwenso mzimai iwe ngat mukumakwerana ndi wamathanyulayo nkumapanga zoti m’bere anthu auzeni amalawi kut dziko lakuvutani kuyendetsa mnzanu tcheya akaphunzitsa anthu ulele ndalama ankazitenga kut koma samazitama ngat momwe mmadzitamira inu msanasankhidwe,lero nyimbo ija yoti ayamba kale kunjenjemera ikukunjenjemetsani inu pa mpandotu…
apatseni amai amalidzitse kwatsalako ngati zavuta amai zotsala amatha kumalizitsa simanyi amene mukumakambirana mukakhalakhala mma office anuwo ndinu dzutsiru mapeto ake muzafuna kut mugulitse dziko la malawi ku ma chinese!
This has been long overdue. if you see how the students use the allowance they get you will think twice. Bravo kindly waiting for service fees in public hospitals. If we are able to pay for development and part time fees in the primary schools what else do we care. Let the fees be paid else where. A curse to the one who will be siphoning the money at capital hill.
This is a welcome move unfortunately timed wrong. AN ordinary Malawian is poor, the fees do not correspond with take home wages za ordinary person. Doe this mean kuti mwana wa gardener or guard or cook even a policeman as well as some civil servants can not acquire higher education?
Before these fees were to be implemented, it was quite necessary to revise wages …and stupidly, some people are applauding government for killing the future leaders of this country. To be honest Malawians are dull (some) Its unbelievable that as a nation we are just moaning about it in our little social groups…this Govt need to go,..if not the govt, APM should be impeached to hell with this carelessness..this dude doesn’t give a fuck about Malawians..its time Malawians take care of their own..APM is outrageously out of touch.
apa nde talepherana mitengo basi
Seriousness ibwerere mmasukulu. Dzauleledzi dzimaononga bwanji?
Next zikhale zipatatala. At least a small something
Musatiyambe apa ndi nkhani zoti azichaja kku chipatala! Zachigawenga zimenezo.
Apa xool yavuta ndithu
During elections campaigns they just talk about malata and cement subsidy programmes, but when we have voted for them-or they have stolen the votes-they now talk about government abdicating from its social welfare roles and pushing costs to citizens in hospitals, and now in education. Can poor people afford university now? So education will only be for students from well to do families. DPP govt is full of crooks. Let 2019 come faster and we kick them out. And why announcing fees rises when secondary schools have already opened for two weeks now? That’s stupidity.
wat more i can say
This is a long overdue decision. The problem we’ve always had in Malawi is that we think we are too poor to pay for ourselves. Ironically, we have students in both public and private institutions (at primary, secondary and tertiary levels) who pay huge sums of money. The question is: how do they manage? I know so many students who come from very poor families, but who are doing their studies in the country’s various public and private universities. Dependency syndrome will get us nowhere. IF PEOPLE THINK EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE, LET THEM TRY IGNORANCE! Big up government. It’ll be a bitter pill to swallow for the majority of Malawians, but it’s a step in the right direction nevertheless.
Bravo MW Govt
Free services are not good coz you cant ask for more . You are just on the recieving end. You literally have no say
this will widen the social gap between the poor and rich as almost only the children of the rich will complete college education. it’s better to abolish the malata and cement subsidy and use the tax payers’ money to educate rhe the poor and reduce the sicial gap.
A very wise move overdue. Nowhere in the world is quality education for free. Cost sharing is the way to go because every parent is a duty bearer as regards their ward’s education and welfare. Bravo Ministry of Education….
Ma fees ananyanya kutchipa. Mma government schools mmpakana ana amakhala ndi pocket money yoposa school fees. Bravo mutharikas govt.
Raising xool fees is nt for students bt parents en gurdians…so I wonder ur logic as ua raising fees without revisting parents/ gurdians wages.. shame on u the so called leaders for u think as if u borrow cameleon’s brain..!!! If u have failed to govern us then resign!!!!
consider abandoning ma subsidy a cement ndi malata… DPP are experts in misplacing priorites
nanga tinene kuti quota system izikgalaponso apa?
Great move. We should move away from overdependence on government. People should be responsible for their dependents’ education. Osamangobereka ana kuyi boma liwaphunzitsa.
Shaaaaa yalakwa. Tsoka kwa mumphawi. Boma la DPP believes in milking money from de public. Very unfortunate
Apa mphawi sukulu yamukanika basi!!!
Long overdue after all most of government sponsored students when they complete their studies’ they prefer to look for work in neighbouring countries, others go overseas leaving poor Malawi clutching straws.