Speaker Gotani calls for ‘evil’ quota system abolition
Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Gotani Hara has called on the government to immediately abolish quota system of selecting students into public universities.
Hara said this in Mzimba north east constituency during the launch of her K1.5 million schools quiz competition.
“This system is not only inhuman but evil as well. Deserving students have failed to secure places in universities,” she said.
She said the system is a demotivation factor as students do not see the need to work hard in class.
“The students don’t see the need to work hard in class when the system cannot guarantee them place in public universities,” she said.
The government introduced the system saying to guarantee equitable selection of students in public money from all the regions.
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Gotani should shut up her rotten mouth. I remebre Khumbo Kachali once said in parliament that once Joyce Banda take over they were going to end the system. Both Khumbo and Gotani served in JB government but they never ended the system. No one will even if MCP goes into government today they will not change it.
Aberebeza imwe. Hakwee, a Speaker? Too pompous for nothing
This system of quota is indeed evil and it’s killing the innocent and brilliant youngsters as to where they comes from despite their qualifications when it comes to selecting i agree with this madam speaker fight this our eyes relies on you .You stands for the voiceless. Note all the tumbuka tribe haters not all northerners are tumbukas only one district in the northern Malawi is tumbuka which is rumphi district the rest have their on language they even don’t know how to speak tumbuka . Just like southern is not chewa there are different languages and culture. Should we say mangochi machinga zomba sanje thyolo blantyre mulanje are chewas because you hate the lhomwes nope. Nkhatabay are not tumbuka not karonga and chitipa even mzimba where this hara is coming from learn to respect the other people rights cultures even languages every Malawian deserves can do better despite where coming from who the person is .equal education one Malawi one nation
No worries Madame Speaker change is coming .. 2 more days!
Quota system is not about the north or Tumbukas, its about qualification for selection. Let any student be selected to university on merit not by the region or district where he/she comes from. Put all names in one basket and select according to number of points. Its baseless to say that tumbukas think they are more educated or more brilliant no. Now we know pupils from mangochi or thyolo can perform better than those from the north. Why then should we still continue to select pupils on district lines? Let those that have good points go to university whether from mulanje, mchinj,i machinga, nsanje or chitipa. Its painful to see a pupil with 13 points left out just beacause he comes from mwanza a district where at 13 points he is number 15 in ranking while another one goes to college with 22 points just because he ranks at number 8 in the district. Let us talk about this with sober minds and see the rationale behind this.
You are useless idiotic thinking basket
Have to stop rewarding LAZINESS. Just look where the country is and heading to. Headed by dunderheads whose leader doesn’t even understand/know how to unlock trade, kikikikiiiiiiii. One of, if not still the POOREST in the world, PATHETIC.
Where was Chakwera and Chilima all these years.Malawi was devoid of development for decades yet one has only ruled for one term but the bees are full of noise yet foreigners are sucking the honey which the dunderhead bee has created for only five years. Keep on buzzing but time is not moving backwards.
The country is moving backwards unfortunately.
Thanks for saying that the quota system is evil and it was supposed to be abolished the very same day Bingu wa Munthalika brought this evil back in our beautiful country, you are the speaker of the national Assembly sought out this one, DPP can not remove as it helps them to get some votes for their party.What I don’t understand is the main reason of bring it again. Because it’s not helping enqualities disparities, in the university of Malawi this is a total lie.All children are sent to school to learn so that they can be responsible citizens to move the country forward interms of development.All the three regions has primary Schools and secondary schools. When the pupils have finished the eighth year, they are ready to start secondary education.Frm here the three regions comes to share spaces available at all secondary schools especially at national secondary schools.The government has managed to reduce the number of students from north Malawi to various secondary schools in Malawi for fearing that if they don’t control them at this level then more north Malawians will end up in the university corridors of Malawi. This is the first door to be closed for North Malawi citizens by their so called government.North Malawians they love books so much, historically they have been the first people to love books.They believe in books coz this is where knowledge is hiding,any adult individual can get enough information for whatever he/she wants to be in life.Aperson can not become a doctor if he /she did not study.And it’s hard workers who has a better chance to excel in life. The second door to be shutdown for the north Malawians is after form 4 exams.The government has allocated 10 students from each district of the 28 districts a place at the university not because of what they scored but where someone is coming from. The North Malawi has 6 districts, the central has 9 districts and the Most favoured region the Southern Malawi has 13 districts.They see this as an upper hand to increase the number of students from this region by bringing in districts .Coz using Merit system they know they can not mutch with the brains from north Malawi.Infact it’s not only the brains but also the love of books and hard working spirit.The higher learning authorities they allow students who has manage to get 6 points to 36 points in six subjects including English to go study at the university. What’s the problem now?Ok the problem is the shortage of places for huge number of students who wants to study at the university For instance in 2003 there were around 7700 students who sat for university entrance exams, the university had only places for 810 students the whole country, using merit system the north Malawi dominates.So this is what happens students from north Malawi are given some points that can be selected competing for the places available 6 points to maybe 12 points for the boys and girls 6 to 15 points (Rumphi district in northern Malawi)while in the south and central regions they are fovoured by giving them 6 points to 21 points.U see that, one country and one president but two systems. Solutions,the government should close the intake at 21 points for all students country wide, with this north Malawians will dominate thus what they don’t want.If they close at 25 points,30 or 36 points north Malawians will dominate u can see now.So the only way to give other regions domination over north Malawians is by quota system.Some of the people are claiming that South and Central are intelligent now when there is quota system,if they can remove it today history Will repeat itself north Malawi will will dominate. The second solutions is by construction more universities compuses in all three regions, chancellor college should have three compuses in all three regions, Polytechnic College,Lunar, Kamuzu college of nursing, College of medicine,Mzuzu university , Malawi university of science and technology should have compuses too and Health sciences should have another compuse in northern part coz it has in central and southern Malawi why not in the north Malawi? That will help to take all students who has 6 to 36 points, every one will be happy.Do that if you got the brains.The country is divided into two.If that fails, then North Malawi citizens should stand on their own and start constructing universities it’s not too late.coz students from north have been punished without reasons from 2009 up to now.Deserving students are just piling up.chokhumudwitsa China ndi Choti student wina had 18 points wakumwera adapasidwa place Ku university pomwe wa 18 points wakumpoto anamanidwa place what kind of selection is this one?And macitizens a Ku mwera ndi pakati mukuyenera kutsutsa muchitidwewu.
ine zoti atumbuka ndi amzeru ndimakana.koma vuto ndkudzikonda even mma company bwana akangokhala mtumbuka ndye kut ammusi mosemu akhala atumbuka okha okha.
ndye nkhan inali yoti mbuyomu ana akalemba mayeso atumbuka amachonga mokondera ana akumpoto osat kut ana akumpoto nd azeru .mmmm tisanamizanepo apa.
Takomedwa, Amati ana, anayi abambo Alonso anayi ,wosamala anawa kuti ikhale olimbikila should kapena kuwalipila fixing akkhale ndani?Abambo one anakakwatilanso kwina.Tisinthe,atumbuka sanabadwe anzeru ayiiiiii,koma kulimbikitsidwa sukulu ndimakolowoooooo.T items tithandizane kulimbikitsa ana sukulu abaleeeeee
MULAKO TERRORIST DPP WILL NEVER LET OUR PEOPLE BE FREE.
The fact that Mulhako wa Alhomwe lacks merit this evil system will continue just to assist each other. The only way to part away with this system is to get rid of Mulhakos led government.
The system is evil indeed , more and more deserving students are failing to access higher education , some from Northern or Central with 14 or 18 points are left out to go to University while someone with 20 or 30 points is taken just bcoz he/ she is from the South,
Are we serious? if our needs is to develop this country so can we develop with such kind of mentality? Hope after concourt ruling the new government in waiting must abolish this system.
Falling on deaf and evil ears
Kulankhula kwinaku abale hmmm
QUOTA SYSTEMS HAS DONE A LOT OF DAMAGE AND FOR THAT REASON I STILL HATE LATE ECCENTRIC BINGU WA MUTHALIKA NOT ONLY FOR INTRODUCING THE SYSTEM BUT ALSO THE MANNER IN WHICH HE INTRODUCED IT AND THE REASONS HE GAVE TO JUSTICE IT.THE DAMAGE IS NOT ONLY TO NORTHERN REGION DISTRICTS BUT NTCHEU AND OTHERS ARE ALSO AFFECTED.
I absolutely agree. let it be fair and square in schools and in the presidency. All by merit.
This woman is evil,at this time people are trying to mend fences come together change our way of thinking, yet there are some people with Cholera infected mouths pouring venom out about quota system. Most of the people talking about quota system are tribalists, who at one point benefited from it. The problem is, she believes that only Northerners are intelligent and if any results favour the South or Central they believe its quarter system at play forgetting that with latest Technology students are able to get Materials from internent and you cant expect someone from Rular to compete with students from Blantyre, Zomba, Lilongwe and Mzuzu. There are Examinations set by International organisations like ACCA, CIMA, where of late Southerners have been doing very well qualifying with distinctions and credits, so its also quarter system? Lets accept that intelligence is GOD given and He sees no boundaries. WE simply have to encourage our Children to work hard aim high and achieve high, I dont think a young intelligent Northerner cannot achieve his/her ambitions if he is focused. As an MP, Speaker she needs to be very care careful to what she says and even her attainment of speakership was on tribal collusion against a Southerner Mcheka Chilenje, We know all the Northerners in DPP and MCP voted for her and no body complained about it! mumafuna chilichonse chabwino chizitengedwa ndi anthu akumpoto okha?
Osamanamiza anthu zoti atumbuka ndi anzeru kuposa mitundu ina zinali zakale zimenezo .Olo quota itatha lero sizingasinthe chinachilichonse madam sipika .Highest wa 2019 Msce from Mangochi is Mangochi in the northern region ?vomerani kuti zinthu zinasintha basiiiii
The fact of the matter is there is no equality in this country in terms of education opportunities and jobs. There are huge untapped economic resources in this country but the government has no interest in investing in these growth sector and expand the economy. Already there are millions of unemployed educated youths and adults ;yes lets deal with quota by introducing universities in each district and turn each district into state with adminstration, commercial centre etc. If only politicians were above partisan politics we could have been far, but as of now we are a failed state-no water,abundant human and natural resources yet everything is poor i.e. roads, infrastructure. crop yield,salary,schools,Member of Parliament…Koma tili ndi chuma chochuluka
What’s this got to do with Quota System Jeff? For .me, the system must be sustained to give a child in Nsanje, Mwanza, Chitipa, Machinga and all other remote parts of Malawi a chance to gain university education.
Atumbuka. Atumbuka
Chiswa bibi linadzara mmutu mwakomo
This has nothing to do with tribe you idiot. It’s about a fair system!
Ulendo uno wokha forget about labeling Atumbuka bcoz am not a Tumbuka but this system pissed me off as well.
And we will work hand in hand with so called Tumbukas but Malawians to end this evil system created by your Mbuli tribe called Gondolosi Lhomwe.
EXCELLENT SPEAKER MADAM