Minister of Education, Science and Technology Emmanuel Fabiano has been accused as the one behind the introduction of a controversial quota system deemed discriminatory by students. The system, which involves students being selected into public universities on the basis of district or region rather than straight merit, was outlawed by the judiciary but reintroduced under […]
Malawian President Prof. Peter Mutharika has appointed his maiden cabinet, mainly stalwarts from his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) with new faces of technocrats, Nyasa Times can reveal. According to list sourced by Nyasa Times at midnight, Mutharika has restructured and merged some ministry to honour his election promise of a ‘lean’ cabinet to cut down […]
University of Malawi (Unima) has a new Vice Chancellor. He is Professor John Kalenga Saka. Professor Saka replaces Emmanuel Fabiano whose next move was not immediately established Wednesday. Social media was awash with Professor Saka’s new appointment and former Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (Ccasu) president Sunduzwayo Madise confirmed the appointment in his posting on the […]
University of Malawi (Unima) has advertised for the position of Vice Chancellor in the local media. The move follows the University Council’s decision permitting the search process to begin. According to the advert in the press issued by the Registrar of Unima, the academic office in Zomba said the position currently held by Dr Emmanuel […]
President Joyce Banda on Thursday appointed new board members for the Malawi National Examinations Board. According to the press statement, section 5 of MANEB Act gives the president powers to appoint members to run the operations of the board. Vice Chancellor of the University of Malawi, Emmanuel Fabiano has been appointed as the chairperson of […]