Irish Ambassador Aine Hearns has urged government to invest more in education, with a special focus on educating girls. She made the call at Kaseye Girls Secondary School in Chitipa when she toured a project financed by well-wishers from the Republic of Ireland. Hearns said government’s efforts in promoting education were appreciated, but more has […]
The Irish government has handed over two school blocks of four class rooms and 240 double desks worthy €25,000 (about K13 Million) to St. Joseph the Worker, a catholic primary school under the Karonga Diocese of Roman Catholic Church. Speaking during the handover ceremony on Monday, Irish Ambassador to Malawi, Aine Hearns said that children […]
Just four months before the final form four examinations, the Malawi School Certificate of Examinations, all form four students at Nkhotakota Secondary School have been indefinitely sent packing Wednesday for refusing to write the school’s mid-term examinations. The students action came as a protest strategy as they claim that they are far behind in learning […]
A survey conducted by Kachila Youth Centre in Malawi’s uranium town of Karonga has revealed that at least twenty nine girls got pregnant in the lakeshore district, forcing them to drop out of school. Karonga, which has registered substantive urbanization following escapades at the Kayerekela Mine, borders with Tanzania and is a thriving business centres […]
Government has set March 10 as deadline for paying arrears and leave grants it owes teachers in the country, deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology Vincent Ghambi has told Nyasa Times. Some teachers, however, have expressed pessimism over the assurance saying “the government is only good at promising.” But Ghambi assured the March 10 deadline is date, adding that […]
Over 70 primary school teachers of Mwenitete zone in Karonga the northern part of Malawi have on gone on sit-in strike due to the government failure to give them their 2013 to 2014 arrears and leave grant of about K1 million. Acting Primary Education Advisor (PEA) of the area Doreen Kaunda told Nyasa Times on […]
Principal Secretary in the Ministry of education responsible for secondary education Thokozile Banda has commended Airtel Malawi for the donation of 6,000 seedlings to the ministry. Banda made the remarks in Lilongwe on Tuesday when Airtel handed over the seedlings donation. She said Ministry of education wrote different organisations asking them to assist with seedlings […]
Police in Mzimba have arrested 18 Robert Laws Secondary School students for allegedly damaging school property worth millions in protest against the school’s management to suspend some students who had committed various offices. The 18 arrested students are accused of destroying windows from the Staffroom Block, Biology and Physical Science Labs and setting curtains on fire, […]
Mulanje is one of the districts in the southern Malawi that has been affected by high levels of school dropouts. Nalipiri Primary School is one of the schools in Mulanje that has been affected by increasing school dropout due to early pregnancies and early marriages. Progressio ICS- Malawi allumni volunteers held a campaign on promoting […]
Parents from various floods affected districts are pushing the ministry of education to consider shifting the national examinations calendar for secondary and primary schools. Students in Malawi schools are expected to start sitting for national examinations in four months’ time a development which both parents and learners say it’s too near as most of the […]
Malawi government will need a whooping MK 3 Billion to bring back to about 400 schools affected by heavy storm that characterized the floods in the country, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has said. A report released by Secretary and Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs show that more than 350 schools are directly […]
One of the education analysts in the country Benedicto Kondowe has appealed to government to priotise paying its teachers and other service providers, saying the delays are lowering standards. Kondowe made the remarks following concerns that some pupils in some schools have not been able to attend classes due to the delay of January salary […]
Malawi Parliament has approved a $50 million (about K20 billion) Loan Authorisation Bill for government to borrow funds from the World Bank to finance increasing access to higher education at the University of Malawi (Unima) colleges, vocational education provider Teveta and Mzuzu University (Mzuni). When Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe tabled […]
The floods that have claimed lives and destroyed property of many Malawians have not spared the country’s education sector as hundreds of schools and thousands of learners are reportedly affected by the havoc. While the government, various partners and organizations are moving in with assorted relief items to affected people the education calendar is feared […]
About 700 trainee teachers deployed to various districts nationwide from Lilongwe Teachers Training College (LTTC) under the Open Distance Learning (ODL) and Initial Primary Teacher Education (IPTE) programmes have gone five months without pay. Spokesperson Manfred Ndovi attributed the situation to erratic funding to LTTC and says things will be normal soon. Ndovi pointed out that […]
Ntcheu Secondary School is expected to be re-opened on 5th January, 2015 together with all other school in the second academic term of the school calendar The school was closed indefinitely on 27th September, 2014 after students on went on rampage and set ablaze the school’s multipurpose hall in which property wealth millions of Kwachas […]
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church Boy Scout Troop and Cub Scout Pack #3415 has raised more than $15,000 to be donated to the Kids in Need of Desks Fund Project. The boys presented a check for $15,730.88 to the KIND Fund on Sunday December 14, 2014 at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. The donation will be used […]
Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology Vincent Ng’ambi has said provision of access and equitable quality education in community day secondary schools (CDSSs) is facing a lot of challenges including lack of proper sanitation. He was speaking at Dwasulu CDSS in Nkhotakota during handover ceremony of borehole and toilet units constructed by United Nations […]