Merck Foundation has donated 30000 storybooks to the Ministry of Education to help in awareness on issues of infertility among learners. Speaking at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe yesterday the First Lady Monica Chakwera, who is Merck’s More Than a Mother Ambassador in Malawi, described the donation as timely, saying it will impact many pupils in […]
Government has issued a stern warning to Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) against going back on agreement to end the two week teachers strike which has crippled education in public schools. Ministry of Education principal secretary responsible for administration Kiswell Dakamau said TUM cannot withdraw its Thursday endorsement calling off the teachers’ nationwide strike. Dakamau […]
The Ministry of Education has issued a statement requesting all teachers in public primary and secondary schools and Teachers’ Training Colleges (TTCs) to resume work on Monday, March 1 2021 for teaching and learning to commence. Teachers have been staging a sit-in since last week, demanding Covid-19 risk allowances. However, government, through the Presidential Taskforce […]
Government, through the Ministry of Education, says as schools re-open on January 4 amid increased cases of COVID-19 in the country, it will be monitoring all education institutions and advise of any changes and directions according to the situation on the ground. According to the 2021 academic calendar, first term starts on Monday, January 4 […]
Ministry of Education has directed that Form four students should report back to their respective schools on December 28, 2020 so that they prepare for the re-writing of the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE), Examinations. According to a statement issued by Ministry of Education Principal Secretary Chikondano Mussa, this directive is applicable to all public and private […]
Both Malawi National Examination Board (Maneb) and Ministry of Education officials are still in the dark on how the 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations were leaked just a day before President Lazarus Chakwera’s deadline to discover the source of the embarrassing leak. Deputy Minister of Education Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima and Maneb executive […]
Ministry of Education Principal Secretary Chikondano Mussa says the ministry plans to decongest Chipala Primary School in Lilongwe which has close to 10 000 learners. She said this on Monday when she visited the school and the new Mgona Primary School that is in final stages of construction. Mussa, who was accompanied by Lilongwe City […]
Malawi government has resolved to partially reopen primary and secondary chools, colleges and universities on September 7, 2020, with students sitting for their final examinations expected to start. The government said this is a deliberate move to enable it monitor the prevalence of the marauding coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Government ordered closure of all schools in […]
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has set examination calendars for his year’s Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examination and Malawi Schools Certificate of Education (MSCE). This was disclosed at a news conference jointly held by the Minister of Education, Agnes NyaLonje and the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 in Lilongwe on Thursday. […]
Government says it has started assessing schools safety standards on coronavirus (Covid-190 prevention before reopening. Malawi’s government announced the indefinite closure of schools on March 20 before the country registered its first three cases of COVID-19, on April 2. But now Malawi has passed 5,050 cases and 160 deaths. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education, […]
Newly-appointed Minister of Education Agnes Nyalonje has said her priority is to overhaul the rotten and archaic education system in the country. Nyalonje says the country’s education system from pre-school to tertiary level needs a rethink. “It is not by accident that Malawi has one of the lowest transition rates at all levels in the […]
An epidemiologist Titus Divala has said proposition for schools to reopen was too early, saying Malawi is not yet at a point where classes can start amidst the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Divala, a member of the Society of Medical Doctors, said going ahead with reopening schools would be risking a surge in Covid-19 cases in some […]
Minister of Education Science and Technology, William Susuwele Banda has revealed that radio and television classes will start in a week’s time as a make-up for students in view of the schools’ shutdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking in an interview, the minister said he was assured by Malawi College of Distance Education (MCDE) […]
Ministry of Education Science and Technology and TelecomNetworks Malawi (TNM plc) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide free internet to learners following closure of schools due to coronavirus (Covid-19) threat. The signing ceremony took place at the Sunbird Capital Hotel in the Capital Lilongwe on Tuesday April 21 2020. President Peter Mutharika, […]
Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Justin Saidi has said following the ban of public gatherings and order to close schools it means that the Primary School Leaving Certificate (PSLC) examination will also be affected. Saidi said the ministry will make an announcement on fresh dates of exams based on the […]
Minister of Education Science and Technology William Susuwele – Banda has announced that government has abolished quota system of selecting students into public universities, and reinstated Junior Certificate Exams (JCE). Minister of Education Science and Technology William Susuwele – Banda has announced that government has abolished quota system of selecting students into public universities, and […]
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology says it has now paid outstanding salaries for the 7,167 teachers who were removed from the payroll in November last year, following their failure to submit details of their national IDs as was requested by government. Principal Secretary in the ministry, Justin Saidi told journalists in Lilongwe on Wednesday […]
Officials from the Malawi Education Sector Improvement Programme (MESIP) in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, who went to Zambia on a tour of duty, have returned home with news that they have benefitted immensely. A delegation of 27 comprising education managers, primary education advisors, headteachers and teachers was in the neighboring country to […]