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I totally agree to the above column,what a masterpiece.We need talented people like the author who wont just stand and watch our education standards fade like a chewing bubblegum,We are indeed becoming failures we are all afraid of being.Our education standards have detoriated so heavily that its no surprise these days to see a graduate failing to utter/write a simple grammatically sentence,so disgusting,we should all take responsibility and come up with new strategies to clean up the big mess that we are all in for our kings of and queens of tomorrow’s sake.Where on earth does a student gets enrolled… Read more »
I agree with No. 5 (lesta). He sums up this article very well that it is sugar-coating the quota system where we have allowed unqualified teachers to teach our sons and daughters and knowing that they will end up in our universities, not because they deserve it, but because of where they are coming from. I must commend the writer of the article that this is indeed a brilliant piece of writing which is very rich in information.
Indeed, our education system is rotten to the core. For instance, secondary schools have not been provided with the much publicized movable laboratories in readiness for the new curriculum, the ministry of education is busy promoting access to education at the expense of improved quality. School enrolment has swelled without matching with available teaching and learning resources.The ministry of Education has no transparent training plan for teachers. Above all, a large chunk of ministry of education’s budget is wasted on irrelevant external and internal trips by officers at Ministry headquarters, or even divisions.
The Chief cause of backwardness in Malawi is our own internal fighting. I totally disagree that Malawi is at peace. Peace does not just equal absence of war. Malawi is not at peace with itself and its diversity. Merit is hated if it’s not in your favour, but loved when it is in your favour. This applies to education and jobs. No country can develop with such mediocre thinking. The sad thing is that such mediocre thinking is propagated by people with PHDs. Forget about development in Malawi because she thinks it happens by chance, not by competence and hard… Read more »
My take on this subject is that Malawians as a nation are too inwardly looking and have not recovered from the ‘President-know-it-all’ syndrome. We have a parliament which should be fighting for enactment of laws forcing periodic education policy reviews to improve standards and make education relevant to the country’s needs. Education is expensive and.must be funded in a protected way. Our education curriculum should be alive to respond to changing world trends so that our pupils can adapt ideas into solutions to suit our needs at every turn of society. More importantly our system of learning must change radically… Read more »
Only a fool will say this is not a brilliant piece of information.
I agree that the content taught and the examples used should be both local and up-to-date. However, I believe that the basis of our curricula should be the development of creative thinking skills. With such skills, we can all produce solutions to the problems presented by the changing needs of our society, industry, economy, etc. It is a mistake to think that we are born with a fixed level of intelligence. We are born with intelligence potential. Because little is done in our education system to develop our potential, few of us achieve it. It is the responsibility of every… Read more »
Don’t sugarcoat quota system,to me,education has gone south due to the following reasons,quota system,lack of resources,use of wrong curricula,in that order of magnitude,be straight,and for education to improve in Malawi,start by admitting qualified and deserving students right in form one up to universities,how do you expect a graduate teacher who can’t express themself in English teach the same to a student or pupil?sometimes lets do things which can be accepted world over please,don’t do things just because its in Malawi,with the rising of incompetent teachers I don’t think we will overcome this problem,you don’t admit someone to university or college… Read more »
As citizens of this impoverished country we should take full responsibility for the sorry state of affairs we have found ourselves in. We vote for people who are intellectually challenged, who barely went to institutions of higher learning, leaders who bought their Degrees and expect them to be high level performers. It’s not going to happen! We ( Malawians) really have to change our mind set……..we have our work cut out for us we need to vote wisely next election cycle………Lord help us!
Kids learning under the tree in the year 2015 taught by unqualified teachers and expect Malawi to compete with other countries in the modern times.All the money has been squandered by the greedy cashgate thieves at capital hill and being defended by some immoral lawyers from Unima.Education standards went to dogs during Muluzis time who never valued education,instead he preferred somebody to be an illiterate vendor and sell some wares.Kamuzu despite being a dictator,he had ambitions for his country for quality education.Its a shame these places like bottlestores,dilapidated houses and other places not worthy and conducive for learning being turned… Read more »