The head of one of Malawi’s top-performing schools has hit out at critics who he says are consumed by envy rather than curiosity, after his pupils once again dominated this year’s national exam results. Enerst Kaonga, head of Maranatha Academy, said his school had delivered another outstanding performance in the Malawi School Certificate of Education […]
A 15-year-old student in Malawi has scored 13 points in her Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations, after sitting the exams in a wheelchair following a series of serious health complications. Angel Msyalie, a student at Kings Foundation Schools, Rose Academy, began experiencing health problems at the age of three, according to her school. […]
Overall pass rate stands at 59.26%, with 111,510 of 188,169 candidates successful Male candidates outperform females: 62.80% pass rate for boys vs 53.77% for girls Internal candidates post best results of any category, at 64.08% External candidates struggle most, with under half passing Female special needs candidates buck the trend, outperforming males by nearly 8 […]
This year’s Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations have begun “on a positive note”, with no cases of malpractice or irregularities reported, according to Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka SC. Speaking in Mzuzu after touring several secondary schools, Msaka said early signs were encouraging but warned that any student or adult […]
Hours after First Deputy Speaker of Malawi Parliament, Madalitso Kazombo posted pictures of himself t on Facebook teaching mathematics to Malawi School of Certificate of Education (MSCE) students at a school in his Kasungu East Constituency, he received positive feedback. A former teacher himself, Kazombo just wrote: “When the Deputy Speaker becomes the Maths teacher, […]
A child protection NGO has advised the government to set supplementary examination for failures of this year’s Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE). Eye of the Child willing Form 4 students who failed the examination this year should be allowed to sit for supplementary examinations in view of poor 2020 MSCE results. Out of 138,000 […]
Disastrous examination results for the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) has not spared the prisons. Authorities say half of the prisoners who sat for the MSCE examinations have failed. Malawi Prison Service say 34 out of 68 inmates who sat for 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations have passed, representing 50% pass […]
Maranatha Academy, one of the top-notch qualitative learning institution in the country says they will recognise and bestow honour to all their students who have passed this year’s Malawi Schools Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams with flying colours. One of Maranatha Academy’s student, Christopher Francis, is one of the only two students in the country […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Kasungu east, Madalitso Kazombo has urged all students who failed to pass the 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams in his constituency to sit for the exams in 2021. Posting on his official Facebook page, Kazombo who is also the deputy speaker of Parliament, said he is ready […]
Form 4 students, who sat for the 2020-21 Malawi School Certificate of Education Examination (MSCE) are demanding that the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) must release the results as soon as possible in order to enable those that will fail to re-write the examinations. MANEB extended the registration of candidates and payment of examination fees for […]
Embattled suspended director general of Malawi National Examination Board (Maneb) and three others have been given court bail. The Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate Court has granted Gerald Chiunda, and three others bail in the MSCE leak case. The four were charged with failure to exercise due care and attention in relation to the security of […]
Malawi Police have explained the charges that have been slapped on former Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) executive director Gerald Chiunda and three others in relation to the cancelled 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations. National police spokesperson James Kadadzera said Chiunda who was arrested alongside Ishmael Faki, chief examination development officer, Joseph […]
Human rights activist Billy Mayaya has raised human rights and governance concerns against the manner in which Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) executive director Gerald Chiunda and five others were suspended following the leakage of 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education ( MSCE) examinations. In an interview with Nyasa Times, Mayaya said it is only proper for Maneb board […]
Minister of Education Agnes Nyalonje on Wednesday inspected some secondary schools in the central region where she appreciated the progress of a re-sit of the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) which commenced on Tuesday, 5 January 2021. The re-administration of the examination comes after the cancellation of the 2020 MSCE exams on November 4 [last year] […]
The 2020 Malawi Schools Certificate of Education (MSCE) examination leaked due to security lapses as only six Malawi Police officers were engaged instead of the required 20, the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has said. The Board on Tuesday conceded that there was weak security checks at MANEB offices, indicating that there were no physical […]
There are fears of fresh leakage of the yet to be re-administered Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations with papers. Prepared answers which matched the question papers were circulating supposedly of the new exams. Malawi National Examination Board (Maneb) which is to administer MSCE examinations from Tuesday, January 5, 2021 after the cancelation of […]
The Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) has results for the Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examination. According to the Minister of Education, Agnes NyaLonje, out of 277 007 candidates, 225 387 have passed, representing 81.37 percent pass rate. Announcing the results at a news conference in […]
Government, through the Ministry of Education, says as schools re-open on January 4 amid increased cases of COVID-19 in the country, it will be monitoring all education institutions and advise of any changes and directions according to the situation on the ground. According to the 2021 academic calendar, first term starts on Monday, January 4 […]