BuildOn, an International Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) that is breaking the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education says it has built 101 School Blocks in Malawi and over 10,000 people are currently benefiting from the blocks. Briefing Mwanza District Executive Committee member on Monday, BuildOn Field Coordinator Edmas Kayimba said […]
Few days to Form Two’s writing their Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) examinations, Kasungu Secondary School officials had no choice but close the school with immediate effect after Form Four’s led a vandalizing of school property. Head Master, Bishop Chirwa, who had just stayed at the school for two months after his transfer from Katoto […]
Malawi Government is constructing first ever Malawi Institute of Special Education College to ensure there are adequate and trained specialist teachers to meet needs of people with disabilities. Principle Secretary for Ministry of Disability and Elderly Affairs, Fletcher Zenengeya disclosed this on Tuesday during a signing ceremony of Lilongwe Declaration on Intellectual Disability by Federation […]
President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika (APM) has unveiled plans to officially inaugurate Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), the brainchild of the country’s late President Bingu wa Mutharika which coincidentally was constructed at his home in Ndata, Thyolo district. The university was opened without fun-fare by the previous Joyce Banda regime which said it […]
The delay by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology to remit millions of Kwacha to Tikwere Community Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (SACCO) in 2013 has created fear amongst teachers in Chitipa and Karonga that the institution might close down since it is operating on loss. Last year, Tikwere SACCO, a teachers’ lending institution […]
CARE Malawi has taken an extensive drive to promote reading culture among communities of Linyangwa in Kasungu district through a construction of a modern solar-powered library. The magnificent solar powered library was constructed at Linyangwa Secondary School by CARE Malawi under the Join My Village project which is funded by General Mills Foundation of the […]
Kalondolondo project manager Jephter Mwanza has urged government for the recognition of self-boarding initiative in community day secondary schools (CDSSs) as one way of offering quality education to communities especially girls. Mwanza made the remarks in Phalombe district in reaction to an assessment of girls self-boarding schools in Phalombe district conducted by Active Youth Initiative […]
Part 1: learning in English and the problems that arise The original article, published on-line in the Nyasa Times on the 19th April, may be found at the following URL: http://www.nyasatimes.com/2014/04/19/teaching-in-english-from-standard-1-please-reconsider/comment-page-4/#comments. I would recommend those intending to read on to familiarise themselves with it first. In the previous article, I put forward the opinion that […]
Malawi has finally produced a strategic education document that will guide interventions for increased girls’ enrolment and retention as well as creating a conducive environment for them to excel in their education. The document known as National Girls’ Education Strategy (NGES), is set for launch alongside the National Girls’ Education Communication Strategy, next Tuesday, May […]
Recently Malawian authorities announced English is to become the language of pedagogy from as early as Standard 1. Some ‘experts’ have fumed and foamed over the plan saying it is all kinds of bad, I am here to unpack and attack the so called experts and to express support for the plan to Anglicize Malawi. […]
Two of the four main presidential candidates in the May 20 elections on Tuesday made their strong case in outlining their plan for improving primary, secondary and tertiary education through the first-ever presidential debate held in the capital, Lilongwe. United Democratic Front (UDF) Atupele Muluzi and Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) were the […]
The Minister of Education, Dr Lucius Kanyumba, made the announcement last month that Standard 1 learners are to be taught in English from the new school year in all subjects except for Chicheŵa. This cannot go unchallenged and, although some articles have been published criticising the decision, more must be done to highlight the folly […]
Thanks to students majoring in Education at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, the Ministry of Education’s decision for English to be the language of instruction starting from Standard One has become a national debate. I would like to congratulate the students for their active participation in a matter of national significance. The significance of this […]
Chancellor College Education students Thursday marched to the office of the District Commissioner, where they handed in a petition expressing their discontent over the use of English language as a medium of instruction from standard one. According to the students, they said they were not happy with what has been reported in the media that the ministry of education […]
Standard One pupils will from next September be taught in English in all subjects except Chichewa, the Ministry of Education has announced. Minister of Education Dr Lucious Kanyumba said this is in line with a new Education Act which will see pupils being taught in English right away from Standard 1, in an attempt to improve English speaking as […]
The Malawi Government has taken a U-turn on linking Domasi College of Education to Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima) in Zomba. Minister of Education Science and Technology Luscious Kanyumba disclosed the news during a meeting with zonal teachers from the rural areas at Mayaka Parish Hall in the eastern […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology Dr Lucious Kanyumba is holding a series of meetings with teachers across the country to discuss how best the Ministry’s programmes and policies can promote the welfare of teachers. The meetings, the first large scale high level interaction between teachers and senior management in the Ministry of Education will […]
As part of corporate social Responsibility and giving back Alliance One Tobacco Malawi Limited has donated two school blocks to Jati and Wanyala primary schools in Kasungu district. Speaking during the handover ceremony in Kasungu this week, Alliance One Agronomy Services Administrator, Hetherwick Khuzenje said the company is complementing government efforts in improving education standards […]