Education activist Limbani Nsapato has welcomed the end of an impasse between staff and management of Mzuzu University which will lead to the subsequent opening of the public university. Nsapato said the move was a very welcome development. “This means the intelligent students will now be back in class,” says Nsapat. The staff have reluctantly […]
Remarks made recently by 2014 presidential aspirant Atupele Muluzi on the United Democratic Front’s plans to explore the possibility of providing free secondary school education when elected stirred a hornet’s nest. The remarks were reported in The Daily Times of Wednesday 6th March. Whether one is supportive of the idea or opposed to it, this is a debate […]
A Malawian, Limbani Eliya Nsapato has been appointed to head the African Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA) based in Dakar, Senegal as its Regional Coordinator for the next six months. His appointment comes following the retirement of Gorgui Sow who had been at the helm of the regional body since its inception in […]
Education activist Limbani Nsapato says the national budget presented by Finance Minister Ken Lipenga in Parliament on Friday has given education sector a lion’s share but noted that the devil is in details. Lipenga told Parliament that Education, Science and Technology Sector’s allocation has grown to K74.7 billion representing 22 percent of the total Budget. T […]
Education activists have blamed the Malawi Government for failure to send representatives at a crucial educational conference held in Mauritius organised by the African Union (AU). The meeting was aimed at validating the mid term evaluation report of the plan of Action for the AU Second Decade of Education for Africa (2006-2015) to ensure that […]