Secretary-General for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Dr Jean Kalilani is accusing the President Joyce Banda administration of disregarding education in the country by what she says putting educational policies that are impinging on the graduates from various colleges in the country. Addressing the students from Domasi College of Education (DCE) in the eastern city of […]
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has responded to issues raised in a petition delivered by Domasi College of Education student teachers, expressing concern over a circular that the Ministry issued on the consideration of promotion of teachers holding Bachelors Degree in Primary Education and Diploma in Education. In a statement issued by the […]
Serving teachers currently pursuing various diploma and primary degree programmes at Domasi College of Education in the eastern city of Zomba have petitioned ministry of education over what they say ‘dehumanizing, demotivating and degrading’ treatment which the ministry officials are meting out on them. They are pushing the ministry to consider relocating those graduated with […]
Students at Blantyre Teachers Training College (BTTC) are complaining that they are living in harsh conditions with dry taps from Sunday. The students found the taps dry when they were coming from the teaching practicals. As if that was not enough to infuriate them, the students went back to the college with dry pockets too […]
The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) in conjunction with the Ministry of Education Science and Technology has released the 2013 Malawi School Certificate of Education results which have seen 66 853 out of 127 383 candidates pass representing a 52.48 percent pass rate. A statement from the Ministry of Education and made available on Friday by the […]
Six female students at Rumphi Secondary School have been sent home awaiting their verdict from the Ministry of Education for allegedly bullying form 1 students by striping them off in the presence of fellow students. Of the six suspended students, five are Form 4s, while the other is in Form 3, according to the school’s […]
President Joyce Banda’s meeting with development partners on Monday resulted in a series of commitments by partners to support the Government of Malawi to strengthen the education sector. During a high level meeting organized by United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, Malawi made a presentation that highlighted the progress and challenges in […]
President Joyce Banda on Monday called on the development partners to help Malawi reform its education sector. Banda made the call at a function that took place in New York orgnaised by the UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown. President Banda assured the UN Envoy that her government is geared to promoting education […]
Delay in the releasing of Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) and Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) examinations results by the Ministry of Education (MoE) has affected the country’s private schools in terms of income, Nyasa Times has established. Independent Schools Association of Malawi (Isama) president Joseph Patel said the delay of the results – which […]
A team of ten teachers and two administrators from various schools in the United States of America say resilience and creativity of Malawi teachers has taught them a great lesson that they can successfully do their class work using the resources they have without heavily relying on assistance from their government. Speaking exclusively to Nyasa Times at […]
The pleas from government-sponsored students in Malawi’s public universities for a raise in their monthly allowances seem to be just what this country needed to begin a conversation on how to overhaul the way we fund public universities. The opening of MUST later this year, as announced by Hon. Eunice Kazembe in June, gives the […]
Representatives of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) are faulting the Malawi government authorities for the hasty approach it took on the implementation of the Primary Curriculum Assessment Reform (PCAR) which they say is losing focus. National Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for CCJP Paul Sakanda said during an interface meeting involving Centre for Social […]
The Malawi Human Right Commission (MHRS) has asked Government to speed up the enactment of the Compulsory Education bill if more children including girls who are prone to early marriages are to be lured back into school. Members of Parliament (MPs) referred back the bill to the parliamentary committee on education to iron put some […]
Students at Namikasi secondary school in the commercial capital Blantyre will now have a chance of improving their fluency in English as well as public speaking following a launch of the Public Speaking and Debate Club over the weekend. The brain-child of two female teachers at the school, Yankho Mulamba and Grace Mpeusa the club is […]
WHEREVER I go, I find myself asked about the unique opportunity that Africa’s rich natural resources offer for our future. I quickly agree that Africa has remarkable resources which, properly harnessed, can help deliver widespread prosperity. But I am not talking about oil, natural gas or precious metals, important as they are for our continent’s […]
Parents and guardians were taken unawares when government through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced last week school holidays were shortened by two weeks. Some expressed outrage as others expressed the move has brought pressure on their budgeting. During a debate held by private Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) which sought to ask if […]
The UK government has contributed about US$9.70 per child to provide school meals for about 800,000 school going children in 13 food insecure districts of the central and southern region. The funds channeled through UKaid to country of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will support 770,000 children in 683 primary schools, 5,000 children […]
Male teachers who turn school girls into their sexual partners or wives better stop the practice as government intends to start punishing them severely. Government says it expects teachers to be exemplary and play a fatherly role to the girls but it becomes a sad development when they decide to turn them into their wives. […]