Civil society organisations (CSOs) in Malawi on Monday jointly launched the 2021 Global Action Week for Education (GAWE) while reiterating their call to government and development partners to increase financing to the education sector to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education. The CSOs that held a press conference in the capital Lilongwe, among others, include; […]
Education activists in Malawi are pushing Malawi National Examination Board (Maneb) to release the long awaited results of the Malawi Schools Certificate of Education Examinations (MSCE). The call from Executive Director of Civil Society Education Coalition Benedicto Kondowe follows complaints from both parents and students that the delays have greatly affected their planning. Kondowe said […]
The Joyce Banda’s administration has come under attack from education campaigners for lack of seriousness on improving tertiary education in the country. This follows poor selection of students who are to enroll for tertiary education in the five constituent colleges of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) this year. The 2011/2012 UNIMA entrance examinations results show […]
By Green Muheya, Nyasa Times Malawi civil society organisations (CSOs) have denied accusation by President Bingu Wa Mutharika of having received funds from European countries to overthrow his government. Mutharika in a speech on Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) radio on Sunday, accused ‘some’ European countries of funding protests to enforce “unconstitutional regime change”. “We know […]