The Global Interaction, through the Baptist Convention of Malawi, has unveiled the first ever English-Ciyawo Dictionary. The English-Ciyawo dictionary launch follows a ten-year task of compiling 3 000 words with 10 Malawian men and women behind the job under the supervision of Australian Senior Editor, Dr. Ian Dicks, of the Baptist Convention of Malawi which […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President for the Eastern Region, Bright Msaka has said the DPP-led government will build towns in border areas of the country to facilitate cross-border trade. Msaka who is also Minister of Education, Science and Technology was speaking over the weekend during a political rally he addressed at Lulanga Primary […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka, has praised President Peter Mutharika for the abolition of K500 fees in conventional and community day secondary schools (CDSSs) effective September 2018 and additional K1 750 in January 2019. Msaka said in a ministerial statement he delivered in Parliament on Monday that Mutharika, as a global champion […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka has hailed the Islamic Relief Organisation of Saudi Arabia for their contribution towards development in the country describing them as the country’s partners in development. He made the remarks on Friday at Traditional Authority (TA) Bwananyambi in Mangochi during the official handover of nine mosques and 11 […]
Primary school teachers and education officials in Phalombe district have been patted on the back for outstanding performance, which has seen the district scooping position one in the 2018 Primary School Leaving Certificate Examinations (PSLCE), hitting the highest average score of 93 percent of the nationwide results. Speaking at Nazombe Primary School in Chiringa, the […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka says government will soon start constructing 200 secondary schools to reduce congestion in the country’s existing school facilities. He said this on Saturday when he officially handed over 180 desks and three classroom blocks at Dyeratu Primary School in Chikwawa District constructed under the Global Partnership in […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President for Eastern Region, Bright Msaka, on Sunday had a blazing whistle stop in Machinga Likwenu constituency, urging the people to go and register enmass in order to exercise their right to vote in the forthcoming tripartite elections in May next year. Msaka addressed meetings in the constituency […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka SC, has commended the National Reading Program’s (NRP) Braille Cup, saying it is fulfilling the government’s agenda of ensuring inclusive learning for children with all forms of disabilities. Msaka was speaking during the finals of the 2018 Braille Cup that saw 48 learners with visual impairments participating. The […]
Finance , Economic Planning and Development minister Goodall Gondwe has sharply contradicted his Education ministry counterpart Bright Msaka on who ordered the sudden abolition of tuition fees in secondary schools. Gondwe told the media on Thursday that it was the US government which ordered the abolition of the K1 500 tuition fee, K1 500 general purpose […]
An education expert Benedicto Kondowe has described as disastrous government decision to abolish tuition fees in secondary school, saying the government has done this without thorough preparations, an argument which has been backed in an editorial comment of Malawi’s leading daily newspaper, The Nation. Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka said on Tuesday […]
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) announced on Tuesday that government has abolished fees in public secondary schools which is currently at K500 per studentwith immediate effect. Minister of Education Bright Msaka said at at anew conference in Lilongwe that the tuition fees have been abolished with immediate effect but the general purpose fund and […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President for the Eastern Region, Bright Msaka, and the party’s Secretary General, Grelzedar Jeffrey over the weekend stormed Mangochi District to mobilize voters to register for the 2019 polls. The two conducted a two-day whistle-stop tour on Saturday and Sunday across the district where they urged the electorate to register […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka has pledged that no deserving student from the Universities of Malawi will be dropped for failing to pay school fees. Msaka made the remarks at Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe when he was opening this year’s Association of Higher Education Financing Agencies (AAHEFA) conference that runs from Monday, September 24 to […]
In a bid to give more girls and boys a chance to attain secondary education, the United States government has handed over four newly constructed community day secondary schools in Machinga, in a move Malawi says will significantly reduce a critical deficit of classroom spaces in secondary schools. The move is part of the Apatseni […]
US Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer has said for Malawi to improve its economic and public health status, her government recignises that girls’ education is the best investment. Palmer was speaking during the handover of a girl’s hostel at Mpherembe Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Mzimba on Thursday. Citing a report titled Evidence for […]
The eastern district of Balaka on Tuesday erupted with political ecstasy when the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) descended on the district in a blazing whistle stop, urging the people to go and register enmass in order to exercise their right to vote in the forthcoming tripartite elections in May next year. The DPP’s Vice […]
As the country gears for crucial tripartite elections in May next year, the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the Eastern Region has urged political players to stick to issues because politics should not be reduced to a contest of mudslinging. Speaking when he addressed a gathering that swarmed Nsanama Trading Centre in Machinga Central […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka said on Tuesday provision of better infrastructure for children’s conducive learning environment in schools by government is testimony of its commitment to promote education standards in the country. He was speaking in Thyolo during his supervision tour of the construction of classroom blocks at Chisoka and Mtambanyama […]