Malawi President Peter Mutharika has pledged that his administration will invest more in education as it ealizes the important role the sector plays in the development of the country. The Head of State mad ethe pldeg on Wednesday when he officially opened Chiradzulu Teacher’s Training College (TTC) in Chiradzulu. He also promised to raise the […]
“A substandard education will always result in a substandard nation.” ― Aubrey Priest If teachers, teaching, learners, learning, core text books and decent classrooms come into your mind when the words school and education come into perspective; then you are not alone. You are like most of the people who think that having undergone different political […]
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology says it has re-introduced inspectors in the education system in accordance with the education Act of 2013, 20 years after they were abandoned. Education Minister Dr. Emanuel Fabiano made the announcement Wednesday in Lilongwe at the launch of the national education standards and the ministry of education standard charter. […]
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology on Wednesday launched the National Education Standards and Service Charter aimed at improving education standards in the country. Speaking during the launch, Minister of Education, Science and Technology Dr. Emmanuel Fabiano said the education standards and the service charter would ensure that every student in the country is […]
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King Jr. A country is never without challenges. But it is when the most educated are failing to provide the solutions to the challenges that beg a […]
Malawi government has managed to mainstream about 90,000 disabled children in schools under the Inclusive Education programme, Ministry of Education has revealed. The figure has doubled over the years since government created the Department of Special Needs Education in the Ministry of Education in 2005. Director for Special Needs Education, David Njaidi said on Wednesday during […]
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has embark on Vocation Training and Skills Campaign Program in the country’s Secondary Schools in order to mobilize the Malawian youths to join its courses especially after finishing their form four classes. Speaking during the official launch of the campaign which was held at Nyungwe Community Day Secondary […]
Mediocrity has laid siege on us. Like a leopard which has a firm grip on its prey, mediocrity is haunting us all, regardless of who allowed it to settle amidst us. It has come to us slowly in our dozing state; establishing its roots and become part of our culture which is deep rooted in […]
Zodiak Broadcasting Corporation (ZBS) owner, Gospel Kazako has bemoaned the dwindling standards of education in the country, and called for urgent redress of the situation. Kazako’s sentiments have also been echoed by the Minister of Education, Emmanuel Fabiano. The Zodiak boss has since hailed the direction his company has taken by partnering with National Spell […]
The Director of Research forNational Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Professor Habu Galadima has said Malawi and Nigeria can strengthen education system through improved policies. Speaking in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana), Galadima said the two countries can together find areas that need to be assisted, built on to improve education. […]
Mchinji Magistrate Court on Tuesday ordered 49 male students from Mchinji Secondary School to pay a fine of K45,000 each or in default serve a 42 month jail term for vandalising property at the school worth K3 million. Police prosecutor Humphrey Makhalira told the court that the students all in Form three, burned the deputy […]
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has trained 221 secondary school teachers, 240 parents teacher associations in Malawi to teach comprehensive sex education in public schools. Unesco says age-appropriate sex education is an important public right in the global response to HIV. This is why Unescois helping Malawi that from next academic year students will […]
It is a noteworthy paradox that while the seventy years Malawi was under colonial rule from 1894 to 1964 there was no university, within nine months of independence, Malawi had one (Cuthbert Kachale, 2015). In ensuring that Malawi got a university just months after independence, the founding president of the country, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda […]
United Kingdom (UK) has given Malawi K7.8 billion for the construction of more learning facilities for over 30,000 pupils in the country. The visiting UK Minister of International Development Grant Shapps announced K7.8 billion (£11.6 million) support for the country’s education sector at Namilongo Primary School in Zomba. “Malawi has a young population, so investing […]
As Malawi educational performance is continually ranked at the foot within the Southern African region, the situation is even worse in the country’s isolated southern district of Neno. In the recent released public university selection, Neno’s public schools have performed miserably, sending only one student to the university. Poor performance of the district’ public schools […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker Alekeni Menyani has bemoaned declining education standards in the country, saying the executive need to live and breathe the services that they expect the public to use. Menyani said it outrageous for DPP ministers to understand the need to improve the education standards as their kids don’t use the public […]
Concerned with the poor state of their former school, ex -students of Mitundu Secondary School from all the three regions have teamed up to form an association that will among other things strategise fundraising activities to mobilize resources for the school. Established in 1969, Mitundu Secondary School has produced many scholars who are serving the […]
Nsanje District Education Manager-DEM Hendrix Likeke is worried that education standards may continue dwindling in the district, as it is taking long for the education sector to recover from the January floods. According to Likeke, many structures destroyed by the floods are yet to be rebuilt and replaced. They include school brocks, toilets, boreholes, and […]