Malawi pupils sitting for exams while on floor
Shocker! Pictures of Malawian students who are writing primary school leaving certification exams have gone viral depicting learners seating on the floor.
The pictures have exposed how deep is shortage of teaching and learning materials in Malawi schools.
Over the weekend a total of 1,200 college students went to meet the President and that each got K20,000 ($28 at today’s rate). K24m ($33,335) was splashed out. This does not include beer and other gifts splashed at the event.
A few days after the event, primary school learners were about to start writing exams.
Unfortunately, most of them would be writing their exams under the worst conditions you could imagine as in the picture posted with this story.
A desk nowadays costs on average K30,000 ($42) each. If that money was spent on desks, more than 800 desks would have been bought and a girl in the picture, May be, just May be, would have written her exams on one of it.
It is alleged that the President, a retired US law lecture, has been surrounded by “beasts of prey” who are always misleading him.
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This president is not a Malawian. He is not after developing our education, he is after money off to USA. If we were wise enough we could have just impeach him before too late. Malawians we shall have to vote wisely.
THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS
OF PETER AND HIS FRIENDS
ARE IN XOOLS ABROAD ON TAX
PAYERS MONEY -‘WHILE OUR
CHILDREN ARE SQUEEZING /BENDING THEIR BODIES LIKE
SOMETHING ELSE — THAT’S WHY
THEY INSULT US LIKE NDILIBE POLOBOLEMU — TIME TO SHOW
THESE PEOPLE OUR DISPLEASURE IS NOW — EAT THEIR MONEY /BEERS OR WHATEVER BUT THINK TWICE !!
Let’s NOT blame the president or central government for this local and man-made misery. This should be the responsibility of village committees, school committee or at least district council level.
This is as a result of poverty of our thinking. That’s why we need Youth Week back,. Local communities can organise themselves to contribute to such an important cause. Hire local carpenters to make desks. How do parents of such children feel seeing them like this?
Yes, this DPP-led government is hopeless but let’s not blame it for our laziness.
Malawians should STOP being lazy!!!
Who is the MP of this are in the first place. What developments has he done in 4 yrz in this area. Has he ever raised issues of sort In parliament so the gvt should do somethng for it?
COLONIALISM WAS BETTER
THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN MALAWI NOW !!
This photo shows a very shameful side of DPP failure. And yet the president keeps saying that he has develoveloped Malawi more than any previous president? Really? Ana uli? Usawi, chichi? I don’t care if he will win again on tribal votes, APM had failed pathetically to lead this nation. He will be remembered as the worst president Malawi has ever had. Bolanso atcheya.
And minister Bright Msaka is has been distributing desks in community day secondary schools across the country every week, pocketing huge allowances with his entourage and guzzling alot of fuel, a task which a Education Division Manager can handle at low cost. The money he has spent through travelling alone as of this week is enough to buy desks for severa schools. Malawi stop politicising development projects. We waist alot of money through stupid politicking.
Guys where is this xool? Name it please. I want to donate desks with the few i have
Malawians chonde tisawonetse umbuli wathu pa Social Media. Malawi as a nation embraced decentralization. We have the following:
1. Constituency development fund (CDF) – annually available to all 193 constituencies in the country. Every MP gets this money for development projects. As such, the MPs that have been representing this area for all these years should be the ones to provide solutions using these funds
2. Local Development fund (LDF) – annually available to all Councils in the country, MPs, Councillors and Chiefs come together, discuss and plan for development projects to be done in the each district
3. District Development fund (DDF) – to all districts in the country
Let us be objective and call a spade a spade and not bring personal frustrations on social media – tidzangoyalukapo kapena kuonetsa umbuli wathu pagulu.
Let us demonstrate that we went to school other than embarassing those that paid school fees for us
I will not be surprised to learn that this school is in the CENTRAL REGION OF MALAWI coz that is the ONLY region that MPs and Councillors are elected basing on party affiliation and not one’s capabilities. We rarely see independent MPs and Councillors in Central region, which means even people from this part of Malawi are not objective in making decisions. They will elect anyone as long as he/she is an MCP member, including those that are Madeya like.
God have mercy on us that belong to Central Region of Mother Malawi
It could have been good if you were sincere. Are the desks which Bright Msaka distributing to schools from DDF, LDF or CDF? You talk of central region, does DPP have no shadow MP’s and other structures of the party there? Decentralisation is on paper while the ruling party is always fighting with the people trying to do anything good kufuna kusolola basi. Some of us have been in these developmental committees and see the nasty behaviour there. Shame!!
Mgoloso kom mutu wako ukukoka. What’s the point that you’re making in your comment. Whether the desks were supposed to be delivered by MPs, councilors or DCs is neither here nor there. The point of the matter is that there are no desks, equipment or labs for a number of rural schools. The government is headed by President Mutharika. Like any CEO of a company, of a company fails to deliver and/or miss its targets then the CEO gets the chop. They’re paid to deliver on the promises, manifesto and developmental projects by appointing credible and skilled people who can deliver on the ground. If he then employs zitsilu then he should take the can for it.
Point of correction: He is the “beast of pray” himself. Don’t blame those who surround him. What did he do when he was minister of education? He fled to the USA for a holiday when colleges back home were closed. He never uttered a word. So you people expect such a President to deliver anything in the education sector, no ways. Is he not the same President who ended the JCE Examinations which we all know were important for gauging the performance of students before they proceeded to senior level in Secondary school? Look people, never elect a President who has nothing to do with your country. The guy wants some big wealth before he flees to USA after losing elections to Dr Chakwera in 2019. He is the worst president I have ever seen in my entire life. Believe me I cant greet him if I met him in the streets. So pathetic a head of state who does not even know what he is doing for over four years now…..He has none of my vote.
Of you think about it he was elected by 36% vote but was good enough to be the president. We should blame the people who voted for him in 2014 and who will vote for him again in 2019. He will probably win again with 40% of the votes. 40% of voting Malawians still think that he’s the best president to lead the country to prosperity; that’s the sad part Ecclesia. At the rate it is going Malawi won’t exit in 20 years time……it will be sold to the highest bidder or if it exists, it will be run by some rich Nigerian or Burundian with a Malawians as a ceremonial president. It is probably happening already.
Upon seeing this picture tears from my eyes kept on falling and i ask myself if this area has got a representative in a parliament.Its so sad to see such picture in this modern era.I remember in 1990 when i first wrote grade 8 exams i sat on a desk.I don’t get surprised because most of the MPs and Ministers nowadays are just there for their family not to develop the area.SHAME!!!!!!
Lack of desks in our schools is a problem that has been there way before APM, and as such it is ridiculous and utter nonsense to expect him to perform magic and furnish all the schools overnight. That said, the government has embarked on a countrywide distribution of desks to needy schools, and that programme is in motion as we speak. This is a challenge that is being addressed.
Tuti u r a big shame and disgrace. So money should be spent on beer and not desks.?
Exam paper that lasts 1 .5 Hrs will make this break very hard for the girl seating on it. How can one draw a 45 degrees angle using a knee as a table or desk? This is common in many schools in our country
Ngwenya Primary school 2, students are writing exams on the floor. There are completely no desks. Standard eight pupils are currently writing exams but sitting on the floor.
this government is worse than polio disease
Very shameful
Peter mutharika is not leader
Koma lidala
He just don’t know where to start and where to finish up
Its report like this and so many other horrific stories that don’t get reported that makes me believe that Malawi is cursed by its own political leaders. In the midst of these atrocious stories, we have a whole president standing in parliament stating that Malawi has developed beyond measure. We have ministers who are praising the president’s leadership. I thought I was the only one who thought that these so called cabinet have been fed something so powerful that they’re busy hallucinating. They have eyes but they can’t see; they have ears but they can hardly hear the cries; they have stomachs with 2L capacities and yet they consume 10L of food and drinks a day (no wonder they have stomachs with makhonde). Don’t these political leaders feel ashamed when they drive on the pathetic roads in the comfort of air-conditioned well cushioned VIP vehicles looking at poverty outside the tinted windows. Don’t they ashamed to see the old and aged unable to walk because they haven’t eaten for days and cannot get drugs from hospitals because they ain’t none. Don’t they get ashamed when they see our biggest asset (the youth) roaming in the streets with no jobs. Malawi is a sham run by inexperienced criminals.
How did MANEB accept that this venue should be an examination centre in the first place? Adhere to standards- MANEB
No wonder those who were entrusted to handle our taxes either have their children in top class private schools or are abroad or they have no children at all. They simply don’t care about the very supposedly beneficiaries of our taxes (our children). How can they compete with their counterparts in private schools? Our leaders want their children to rein over ours by denying them an opportunity/right to education. This is systematic apartheid!!!!!!
He is telling us he has delivered, I dont know on what.
And yet others are saying let us endorse the same leader????????????????????
Really too bad for our education and a country a whole, and some dickhead is busy telling the nation that he has developed Malawi beyond recognition in 3 years. Youth lets boot out these old assholes from offices, they killing us at an alarming speed
we are told we should thank God for Mutharika for developing Malawi beyond recognition in three years he has been in power.
But Peter Muthalika gave MK20,000,000.00 to poorest Students from universities to buy beers. Thanks to APM for developing this country’s education.
sarcasm comment
Pitala chinthu cha wakawaka mwe
Iwo wakulya makora kweni wana kulembera pasi nadi chiuta wakamulangani na unkhungu winu
It is very sad to see this picture and it is indeed a shame to all of us Malawians. Let’s join hands and help this school. I am a Malawian who is living and working in the United States of America. I would like to help this school with the purchase of some desks. Can someone or the headmaster at this school contact me? My number is 314 853 3976. I am also on whatsup. I am asking other Malawians to join me in this effort. Please contact me also. Together we can do it to alleviate some suffering.
You are really concerned. Good. Here are paying heavy taxes by force. We are paying fees for our children and dependents an so on. Yet our taxes are supposed to go to education. Should we really mobilize more resources where our taxes were supposed to go? That is double taxation and simply subdizing a corrupt system. We should just pressurize the tax handler to buy the desks. It’s not on. My Opinion.