Government says it will recruit at least 1,100 secondary school teachers, and is also preparing to hire additional primary school teachers as enrolment surges under Malawi’s free education policy. Speaking on the sidelines of Parliament, Education Minister Bright Msaka SC said the new intake will support the expansion of secondary education while easing pressure in […]
Some teachers from Mzuzu City were arrested on Sunday on allegations that they marred the 2019 Presidential Elections. The teachers spent two nights in a police cell before their release on bail on Tuesday but they have all pleaded not guilty to any charge regarding the way they conducted the 2019 elections as presiding officers. […]
Education rights activist Limbani Nsapato has commended both government and Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) for signing a consent order that teachers should resume work from today and settle the dispute out of court, to pave way for negotiations. The public-school teachers resumed their nation-wide strike last week after the government did not honor a promise to […]
Government says it will withhold April pay cheques for teachers who fail to return to classes by April 12. A government official said the government team which is leading negotiations with Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM), has already communicated the stand to TUM executive during a meeting which took place in Lilongwe on Thursday. Our […]
Government has slapped obtained Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) with a court injunction to force teachers back in class. This has thrown the on-going negotiations between the government and TUM in disarray. Willy Malimba the TUM president has confirmed that the union was served with the injunction immediately the leadership came out of the meeting […]
Government says it has stopped collecting membership fee from teachers on behalf of teachers on behalf of Teachers Union of Malawi. The move will strangle TUM of over K450 million per year. Government deducts teacher’s K500 individual membership fee at source on behalf of Teachers Union of Malawi. TUM has a membership of 76000, translating […]
Civil Society Education Coalition (Csec) and Youth and Society (YAS)have issued threats of nationwide protests should government and Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) fail to resolve the Covid-19 risk allowance impasse to end the teachers strike. This is the latest pressure on Malawi government and TUM to resolve their differences during their meeting. In a […]
Teachers in public schools are on Tuesday expected to resume strike to force the government pay them covid-19 risk allowances. This follows the expiry of the seven day ultimatum teachers gave to government. Teachers Union of Malawi President, Willie Malimba has confirmed the development; saying authorities have failed to honour resolutions made on giving the […]
Education activists are pushing for talks between Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) and government to avert another devastating strike by teachers. The activists have advised government and TUM to discuss and resolve misunderstandings on risk allowances a move that will curtail the impending stay away by teachers. Benedicto Kondowe, Executive Director for Civil Society Education […]
Some teachers calling themselves “concerned teachers voice” say they are against the looming “second wave” of teachers stay away over Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) risk allowance. The concerned teachers said this at a press conference they held Monday in the Capital, Lilongwe. They have since urged fellow teachers across the country not to bow down to […]
The ongoing impasse between the teachers and the government on risk allowances is too complex, Brian Banda, President Lazarus Chakwera’s spokesperson has said. Answering a question from a Nyasa Times journalist, during a State House virtual press briefing, on what the president is doing to resolve the matter considering that the biggest losers in these […]
Parents and guardians wants swift government intervention to avert another strike in public schools. This follows the decision by the Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) to give a seven day notice for a strike following the government decision to make a u-turn on teachers covid-19 risk allowances payment promise. TUM is threatening to resume its […]
The Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 has made a U-turn on its pledge to pay teachers three months risk allowances, triggering another wave of strike threats. The agreement to pay the teachers risk allowance was as agreed between Teachers Union of Malawi and Parliamentary Committee on Education earlier this month. In the agreement, the teachers had […]
Special needs teachers have today withdrawn their services in public schools and resource centers across the country. The teachers want government to establish a vacancy for special needs teachers in the country and promote those that have upgraded their education. This comes after the ministry of education recently announced that the challenges that the teachers […]
Teachers have threatened to down chalk to force the government fulfill its commitment to pay the teachers risk allowance. A grouping of teachers calling itself concerned teachers say they will resume the strike this coming Monday. The teachers are frustrated that the timeframe Teachers Union of Malawi and government had agreed to address their concerns […]
Classes in public schools are expected to resume tomorrow after government and teachers reached a win-win agreement to suspend the strike which forced learners out in the streets in violent protests against the strike. Teachers Union of Malawi suspended the three weeks tay away during a meeting with ministries of Education and Labour brokered by […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has threatened to hold nationwide demonstrations on Wednesday should the government stick to its guns on its refusal to pay teachers Covid-19 risk allowances. Teachers in Malawi are currently staying away from their work, demanding that the government should pay them K35, 000 each for six […]
Government has issued a stern warning to Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) against going back on agreement to end the two week teachers strike which has crippled education in public schools. Ministry of Education principal secretary responsible for administration Kiswell Dakamau said TUM cannot withdraw its Thursday endorsement calling off the teachers’ nationwide strike. Dakamau […]