Executive director of the Civil Society Coalition on Quality Basic Education (CSCQBE), Benedicto Kondowe has questioned government decision to grant a waiver only to Kamuzu Academy and final year nursing students to remain in schools until they take their end of program examinations. Kondowe said in the same circumstances ought to have been given the […]
In a letter to Minister of Education and copied to President Lazarus Chakwera, Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has asked government to gazette and implement commencement of new universities to be born out of the 1965 University of Malawi. The letter comes as hard pressure on President Chakwera who wanted to reverse the delinking of […]
Education activists have asked the University of Malawi (Unima) Council to reverse its decision of “cancelling” the delinking of UNIMA’s four constituent colleges, saying the council acted illegally. Civil Society Education Coalition (Csec) executive director Benedicto Kondowe actually fully supports the delinking, saying it leverages Malawi’s potential to utilize her universities to the best of their capacity […]
The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has become the latest organisation to publicly resist the NGO Act Amendment Bill of 2018 and asked state owned NGO Board of Malawi to withdraw the bill “completely” until it conducts thorough consultations on the matter. Some civil society organisations (CSOs) feel the provision threatens to wipe out civic […]
The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) and its member organisations have teamed up in what they call a “tax justice movement” that will be lobbying for fair tax collection deals to finance Malawi’s “troubled” education sector. This was made known Tuesday in the Capital, Lilongwe, during a tax justice meeting organized by CSEC to enable […]
Civil society orgnaizations under the National Advocacy Platform (NAP) have observed serious flaws in the proposed 2017 Local Government Act Amendment Bill. The Bill was presented to the National Assembly in 2017 and seeks to amend the Local Government Act, Cap. 22:01 of laws of Malawi (the “Act”) to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of […]
As schools are set to reopen this Monday after five months of closure due to the emergence coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has warned of compromised delivery of education services because government has not put in place proper measures to facilitate delivery of high quality of education. CSEC executive director Benedicto Kondowe […]
The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has asked the Government of Malawi to stop banking on donors to develop the education sector, saying international cooperating partners, sometimes, may not fully fullfil their financial commitments. CSEC has also noted that donors have their own priorities in the education sector that may not really translate to the […]
Civil Society Education Coalition executive director Benedicto Kondowe, has urged government to re-open schools by restricting it to Standard Eight, Form Four, IGSCE and fourth year students in universities and colleges could go back to school. Kondowe made the remarks on Wednesday at Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre during the National Stakeholders Planning Meeting to map the […]
As schools are on forced holidays in observance of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) preventive measures specifically to limit social gatherings that the State President directed last month, Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has been on an awareness campaign to impress on parents to encourage school study momentum amongst learners. The campaign, using mobile public address system, […]
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa), Malawi chapter, has announced it will from this year be awarding excellent journalism in adult literacy education, thanks to a partnership with VHS International. In a joint presser in the capital Lilongwe, VHS director for Southern Africa, David Harrington, said his organisation decided to sponsor the award after […]
Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) executive director, Benedicto Kondowe, has disclosed that at least 20 member organisations of the coalition are closing due lack of funds, a development he fears will retrogress efforts to develop the poor public education sector in Malawi. Kondowe has since appealed to the donor community to continue supporting Non Governmental […]
Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) and other education advocate have given government up to next Friday to reopen the Malawi College of Health Sciences it closed eight months ago or face action. The institution has been closed since March 2019 following an industrial strike among workers at the college. CSEC executive director Benedicto Kondowe, Youth […]
Malawi’s main political parties on Wednesday committed themselves to Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) citizen education agenda 2024, a document that contains Malawians’ aspirations for education in the country but the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have not signed the document. DPP failed to show up despite being invited to the ceremony and only Malawi […]
Education activists, the Civil Society Coalition on Education has thrown its weight behind a few disgruntled teachers vigil at Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe, saying promotions were long overdue. The teachers are today entering fourth day in their vigil aimed at forcing the authorities effect a promotion. The society executive director Benedicto […]
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Principal Secretary Justin Saidi has dismissed suggestions that government was moving towards introducing free secondary school education, saying the decision by his ministry to freeze the tuition fees for 2018/19 academic year was temporary. The ministry ordered head teachers in public secondary schools not to receice or delay in […]
Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) says Malawi primary school education which is branded as free is not at all free. This follows CSEC study which has revealed that learners are denied access after failing to contribute K300 to schools. The study has shown that learners are denied access from writing examinations. Presenting the findings, CSEC Executive […]
An education expert has doubted government’s announcement that it intends to recruit 10, 000 primary school and secondary teachers now, saying this might be a ploy just to buy time ahead of the 2019 elections. Civil Society on Education Network executive director Benedict Kondowe said the teachers, who graduated from various colleges two years ago, […]