Some teachers have reacted angrily to a statement by Minister of Education, Science and Technology Emmanuel Fabiano who said the government does not owe any teacher money in arrears. Some teachers said they were promoted in 2013 from grade L to K but the government has not yet given them the salary arrears. Fabiano told the […]
Ministry of Education is cracking down on absentee teachers, officials said Monday. Government has since fired over 13 primary school teachers in Chikhwawa for absenteeism. District Education Manager for Chikhwawa Chrissie Chimsale has confirmed the development, saying there was need to bring sanity in the education sector. “Victims were learners, their right to education was […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Emmanuel Fabiano has commended the Blantyre Synod of the CCAP Church for initiating projects that enhance education quality in the country. Fabiano made the remarks on Saturday at St Andrews CCAP Mission Secondary School in Mulanje when he officially opened dormitories and a multipurpose hall at the school. […]
Education,Science and Technology Ministry has commended Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) for providing girl learners with platforms through which they can voice out their education concerns as one way of promoting girls education in the country. The Ministry’s Deputy Director Planning, Lindiwe Chide made commendation when she presided over a Keeping Girls in School Project open day […]
The Ministry of Education has commended Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) Malawi for taking lead in increasing number of role models for girls by training more female primary school teachers in their Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs). Mary Chirwa, Chief Education Officer in the Department of Teacher Education and Development was speaking at DAPP […]
District Education Manager for Mzimba South, Fanwell Chiwowa, has blamed teachers in the district for spending weeks in towns accessing salaries while the learners in their schools are left in the cold. The District Education Manager was speaking on Friday, during graduation ceremony for 64 Female Teachers at DAPP Teachers Training College in Mzimba, saying […]
In continued efforts to scale up education standards, Government has signed up a grant agreement of U$ 44.9 million (about K32.8 billion) from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). The grant will support Malawi’s Education Sector Implementation Plan (ESIP), a four year GPE project aimed at improving equity and quality of primary education in early […]
Liwonde based youth non-governmental organization, Youth Impact carried out a study which has revealed that self-boarding among secondary school girls in Machinga is contributing to high school dropout. Youth Impact Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Steve Chaguza disclosed this at Liwonde in Machinga during the dissemination of the study report Friday. A sample study in three […]
Teachers Union of Malawi has suspended a sit in strike after schoolchildren as young as seven years old protested in Malawi’s capital Wednesday, urging the government to address the concerns of their teachers The children, from schools around the city, were protesting on their own, without being accompanied by police. Clad in school uniforms, the students […]
Government has called off a Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) sanctioned sit in, saying the government was implementing all the concerns raised by the teachers union body. Spokesperson for ministry of Education Manfred Ndovie said on Monday Treasury has released money for the teachers who invigilated in the past Malawi School Certificate of Education amounting […]
Two learners at Nthulu Primary School, a public school in Dedza are in hospital after they were critically injured on Friday after their class room walls fell on them. Primary Education Advisor (PEA) for Chimbiya Zone in Dedza confirmed the incident, saying other learners were treated as out of patients at Dedza District Hospital. He […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Emmanuel Fabiano has expressed concern that over five million people out of the population of 17 million do not know how to read snd write. Malawi on Thursday joined the rest of the world in commemorating International Literacy Day under the theme ‘Reading the past, writing the future’ with […]
Malawi National Examination Board (Maneb) has two people occupying the position of director of research and test development which means tax paers will pay millions in double pay. The situation has come about after Minitry of Education has sent back another director Gerlad Chiunda to Maneb to hold the post which he was replaced on […]
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has released the 2016 Form One Selection and Junior Certificate of Education Examination results. The Ministry says in a media statement made available to Nyasa Times that the pass rate is 77.32% for Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education Examinations while JCE exams have a 77.71% pass rate. […]
Muslims in the country are up in arms against the extended public primary school time table which will now keep in class learners from morning to 2pm, saying this would interfere with religious madrasa classes. Muslims Association of Malawi official Twaibu Lawe said Madrassa classes start at 2pm therefore the secular and religious classes would […]
Government is taking swift action to stop headteachers who collaborate with greedy school committee officials to swindle institutions of school improvement funds. Ministry of Education spokesperson Manfred Ndovie has confirmed auditors will be sent in primary schools soon after schools open to see how the K600 000 annual grant is used as reports indicate the […]
Lack of security at Magwero Primary School in Lilongwe is forcing teachers to commute from far residential areas; a development which is affecting learning at the school. The isolated school, located about 15 kilometres from Lilongwe along M1 Road, near Malawi Institute of Management (MIM) has, for the past four years, experienced an exodus of […]
From the President of Malawi—Arthur Peter Mutharika (APM)—to the minister of education—Emmanuel Fabiano—and his entire Ministry of Education; and from the Chancellor of the University of Malawi—APM—to the Council of the University of Malawi…you people are all nothing but a selfish lot! Is it not the same APM-led government that tells civil servants to forget […]