Education for all is vital if Malawi and some other underdeveloped African countries are to make strides in development and eradicate of acute levels of poverty educational experts have said. The assertion comes to light in the wake of a three day long (17-19 February, 2016) Bridge Africa Conference underway at Capital Hotel in Lilongwe. […]
Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Vincent Ghambi says the cordial relation with the United Kingdom (UK) towards the promotion of education in the country will work perfectly towards the overall goal of National Education Sector Plan. Ghambi made the sentiment on Wednesday in Lilongwe at the launch of the third phase of connecting […]
When a team of UN agencies came together to support the improvement of girls education through a joint programme, little did they expect that such an intervention would just in a year start to bear fruits in both enhancing access to and ensuring delivery of quality education. It is not surprising, therefore, that just one […]
The partnership between Airtel Malawi and the country’s education sector continues to thrive as on Wednesday, Airtel donated 120 double seater desks to one of its adopted school’s Salima LEA Primary. “We hope this sets a good example of our undying quest to continuously improve the education sector and that helping the disadvantaged and caring […]
Ministry of Education is currently working on a National Inclusive Education Strategy to be effective from 2016 to 2020 to respond to diverse needs of all excluded and marginalized learners as a way of moving towards an inclusive education system in Malawi. To this effect ministry of education officials associations representing people with disabilities meet […]
Independent Schools Association of Malawi (Isama) officials have bemoaned high levels of corruption in the ministry of Education inspection department. President of Isama Joseph Patel said in Blantyre during the launch of a quiz competition organised by the association that Education ministry officials were demanding money from private school owners who did not have licence […]
The disability umbrella body Federation of Disability Organizations in Malawi (FEDOMA) has given two months autumn to the Ministry of Education to make sure Makande Resource Centre in Chikwawa is rehabilitated. FEDOMA Executive Director, Action Amos said in an interview that if the ministry fails to do so within the given period he will […]
Young Students in the United Kingdom all under the age of sixteen are raising money to assist Malawi a country very far away from the shores of the their country. The five students are Saumiyaah Nimalakumaran, Shivvanthi Sugumar, Subikka Kumanan, Yesica Nithiyanantha and Bavankanth Chandrasekaren. “ We are group of students (under 16), in the […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has defended his controversial move to phase out Junior Certificate which was once a basic education requirement to secure a professional job in Malawi. In responding to a question during Talk to Your President, a periodical programme broadcast on Malawi Broadcasting Corporation ‘MBC’ radio and television, Mutharika said it would help […]
Economics is very complicated, not only as a discipline in academics but also as an aspect of people’s livelihood and government policy. Unfortunately, despite its complexities, economics is the most crucial aspect people’s lives, at household and government levels. At household level, I believe that every person is an economist because each one of makes […]
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has clarified that it has deferred implementation of new fees in public secondary schools this term t following the motion which parliament passed on 3 December, 2015 against it, saying the new higher fees will wait until the economic situation improved. This follows reports that some schools especially […]
Public Schools in Malawi have dribbled past the Malawi Parliament by implementing the new school fees rates despite the latter’s stand that the fees should not be adjusted, we can report, although the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has kept mum on the matter. Schools have opened for Second term of 2015- 2016 Academic […]
Students at Nkhotokota Secondary School this week packed up their bags and refused to sit for end of term examination because of menacing bedbugs. Some students said they had no option but go home despite the fact that the end of term examination because they could not concentrate on the examination. “We reported this to […]
The Federation of Disabled People in Malawi (FEDOMA) has said that it expects that more people with disabilities will have a chance to get education once the inclusive education teaching manual which is currently being developed is out. The Inclusive Education Manual is being developed under the partnership between Federation of Disabled People Organizations in […]
Students at Salima Secondary School have been forced to leave campus and go home because of menacing bed bugs. Some students told Nyasa Times that some students who had money rented houses in nearby areas. “The most hit are the boys hostels. The situation is out of hand,” said one student. He said there was […]
Government says it can employ 850 secondary school teachers or install 30 laboratory classes out of the K2 billion which the Ministry of Education will save through the abolishment of junior certificate examination. Minister of Education Emmanuel Fabiano said in Parliament when he was making a ministerial statement to explain to opposition parliamentarians the government […]
Business in Parliament grounded to a halt after disagreements between government side and the opposition following a ministerial statement on government declaration to increase school fees in secondary schools and the abolishment of Junior Certificate examinations. The development forced the Second Deputy Speaker Clement Chiwaya to call for an early adjournment of the House proceedings […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislators on Tuesday vehemently protested government decision to raise fees in secondary schools, saying this would hurt the poor in the harsh economic times. Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera then told deputy speaker Clement Chiwaya that the opposition would not ask questions to the minister of Education Emmanuel Fabiano who […]