The meeting between parents and teachers at Namalimwe primary school in Blantyre ended in a deadlock on Sunday afternoon after parents for pupils who learn at the school categorically refused a 100 percent increase on school fund proposed by the teachers. According to the teachers, the annual school fund among other uses helps in meeting […]
Education activist Limbani Nsapato says the national budget presented by Finance Minister Ken Lipenga in Parliament on Friday has given education sector a lion’s share but noted that the devil is in details. Lipenga told Parliament that Education, Science and Technology Sector’s allocation has grown to K74.7 billion representing 22 percent of the total Budget. T […]
In a move seen as a deliberate attempt to thwart educational standards, the Regional Education Office in the northern region has put on transfer 200 Secondary School Teachers and 65 Headmasters. Nyasa Times snap survey revealed that the transfers are only happening in the northern region and has invoked memories of the 1989 MCP government […]
A disclaimer first – I have a PhD in Astronautical (Aerospace) Engineering. I am an expert in space environments and spacecraft interactions. I do not intend to knock education; I like education. I think education is very important, especially for our developing country. My brother who is a chartered accountant once attended a seminar organized […]
Frustrated with government’s empty promises, hundreds of teachers from Blantyre Rural primary schools on Monday and vowed never to resume teaching unless they are paid their salary and hardship allowances’ arrears. Second term of school calendar opened on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 across the country and the development forced thousands of pupils to fail start […]
Authorities at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology have openly disobeyed President Bingu wa Mutharika’s directive that all civil servants be on block leave for two weeks in order to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Mutharika ordered civil servant’s to be away from there offices from December 23, 2011 and report for work […]
Malawi’s Auditor General says major finding of the audit it conducted on Ministry of Education teaching and learning supplies system was that several primary schools were not getting the procured materials. Under the ministry, the objective of the Supply of Teaching and Learning Materials Programme is to procure, store and distribute teaching and learning materials […]