Government says it attaches great value to tackling challenges in the education sector in a well-integrated and coordinated manner to uplift the health and well-being of school age children. Education, Science and Technology Minister, Bright Msaka SC, said this Tuesday at Crossroads Hotel in Blantyre when he opened a three-day joint annual planning meeting between […]
Malawi government has been advised to devise “sustainable mechanism” to feed leaner in the School Meals Programmes and have donors coming in to complement the efforts. The advice is contained in an editorial comment of the leading daily, The Nation; over the $3.6 million (about K2.6 billion) support Government of Norway has given Malawi through […]
Government through the Ministry of Education Science and Technology says every district will have at least seven new secondary schools from the 200 that have been earmarked for construction from early next year. Minister of Education Science and Technology Bright Msaka announced the development in Parliament when he presented a ministerial statement on the abolition […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka, has praised President Peter Mutharika for the abolition of K500 fees in conventional and community day secondary schools (CDSSs) effective September 2018 and additional K1 750 in January 2019. Msaka said in a ministerial statement he delivered in Parliament on Monday that Mutharika, as a global champion […]
UNICEF has partnered with New Finance Bank (NFB) and the Ministry of Education by launching a Girls Secondary Education Trust, which is a fundraising campaign that has been set up to provide access to quality education for vulnerable girl students in Malawi. During the launch held at Mount Soche Hotel on Wednesday, UNICEF Malawi’s country […]
Primary school teachers and education officials in Phalombe district have been patted on the back for outstanding performance, which has seen the district scooping position one in the 2018 Primary School Leaving Certificate Examinations (PSLCE), hitting the highest average score of 93 percent of the nationwide results. Speaking at Nazombe Primary School in Chiringa, the […]
Hundreds of pupils from Chiradzulu Primary School pupils on Monday took to the streets to protest the arrest of a Standard 8 pupil who was arrested after picking up a fight with a teacher. The pupil fought with his teacher on Friday during assembly time after he was asked to stop eating porridge during the […]
European Union (EU) has added its voice to the decision by the government to hastily abolish school fees in secondary schools, saying this is a recipe for low quality education as schools will not have adequate resources. EU head of corporate affairs Louis Navaro said the government could have done wider consultations on the matter […]
Secondary schools in Malawi will soon be operating under the management of district councils in order to improve on efficiency and access to equitable quality education Inspector of Schools, Ndongolera Mwangupiri said last Sunday on the sidelines of Nyungwe Education Cluster launch at Nyungwe Community Day Secondary School in Karonga District where he represented Education […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka says government will soon start constructing 200 secondary schools to reduce congestion in the country’s existing school facilities. He said this on Saturday when he officially handed over 180 desks and three classroom blocks at Dyeratu Primary School in Chikwawa District constructed under the Global Partnership in […]
Government has hit back at the fiery Catholic Martin Mtumbuka of Karonga Diocese on education matters, accusing the Ministry of Education for doing little in assisting Church run schools in the country. Mtumbuka unleashed a number concerns on Saturday at the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary Celebrations at Ludzi Girls Secondary School. Thd Catholic Bishop also […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka SC, has commended the National Reading Program’s (NRP) Braille Cup, saying it is fulfilling the government’s agenda of ensuring inclusive learning for children with all forms of disabilities. Msaka was speaking during the finals of the 2018 Braille Cup that saw 48 learners with visual impairments participating. The […]
An education expert Benedicto Kondowe has described as disastrous government decision to abolish tuition fees in secondary school, saying the government has done this without thorough preparations, an argument which has been backed in an editorial comment of Malawi’s leading daily newspaper, The Nation. Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka said on Tuesday […]
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) announced on Tuesday that government has abolished fees in public secondary schools which is currently at K500 per studentwith immediate effect. Minister of Education Bright Msaka said at at anew conference in Lilongwe that the tuition fees have been abolished with immediate effect but the general purpose fund and […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka has pledged that no deserving student from the Universities of Malawi will be dropped for failing to pay school fees. Msaka made the remarks at Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe when he was opening this year’s Association of Higher Education Financing Agencies (AAHEFA) conference that runs from Monday, September 24 to […]
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Principal Secretary Justin Saidi has dismissed suggestions that government was moving towards introducing free secondary school education, saying the decision by his ministry to freeze the tuition fees for 2018/19 academic year was temporary. The ministry ordered head teachers in public secondary schools not to receice or delay in […]
Malawi government has ordered head teachers in public secondary schools to delay the collection of school fees as the schools open Monday after a two-month summer holiday. But secretary for Education, Science and Technology, Justin Saidi, in a circular to all head teachers in the country, has not given reasons why there should be a […]
Teachers who two years ago completed their primary school teaching course on Monday stormed Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) headquarters in Lilongwe to find out why the government is not telling them when and where to report for duties just less than a week before schools open and the Ministry of Education has since responded. […]