Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) is today meeting all its district chairpersons nationwide before proceeding with discussions with government later. This follows the flop of the talks for covid-19 risk allowances with the government on Tuesday. TUM president,Willie Malimba has confirmed the development but could not share resolutions of the Wednesday deliberations, saying the talks […]
Both government and Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) are tight-lipped on the outcome to end the teachers strike talks but a “win- win deal” is said to have been agreed. Sources say the talks in Lilongwe were highly charged. However, sources say both the government and TUM officials have struck an agreement. The agreement is […]
On Tuesday morning, Member of Parliament for Mulanje Bale, Victor Musowa, threatened to boycott Parliament sitting and would only come back when students resume learning as teachers are on strike, demanding government to give them Covid-19 risk allowances. Musowa promised to refund his allowances for the days he will be out of Parliament, saying it […]
The Ministry of Education has issued a statement requesting all teachers in public primary and secondary schools and Teachers’ Training Colleges (TTCs) to resume work on Monday, March 1 2021 for teaching and learning to commence. Teachers have been staging a sit-in since last week, demanding Covid-19 risk allowances. However, government, through the Presidential Taskforce […]
Teachers’ Union of Malawi (TUM) secretary general Azeez Lisa and vice co-chairperson Alinafe Banda are leading a group of concerned teachers who have asked for the immediate resignation of TUM vice president Rehema Harid and other five executive members for announcing that teachers’ strike has been suspended following talks it had with the Presidential Task […]
Parents and learners can now breathe a sigh of relief following the decision by Teaches’ Union of Malawi (TUM) to call off the stay away pending resolutions of the discussions between the government and the union. TUM addressed journalists in Lilongwe on Thursday morning that the suspension of the strike follows commitments President Lazarus Chakwera […]
Primary school teachers in the country have maintained their demand for Covid-19 risk allowance and have since downed their tools until government addresses their concerns. Government reopened schools on Monday after a five-week suspension due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, but learners who reported for school were told to go back to their respective […]
Government has urged teachers and all stakeholders to be fully prepared professionally and psychologically as Malawi schools re-open on Monday 22nd February, 2021. Secondary and Primary School managers were oriented on how best they can manage their institutions amid the Covid-19 pandemic as schools re-open. Managers who underwent the training were in turn expected to […]
There was commotion in Lilongwe this morning as police abruptly appeared at a meeting teachers were having at community centre ground to prepare for protests. The law enforcers dispersed the teachers. Police said that the teachers did not seek permission to hold demonstrations. The teachers are demanding government to give them a Covid-19 risk allowance. […]
Teachers professional union, the Teachers Union of Malawi (Tum) says teachers in public schools will hold a strike on Monday, the day schools are supposed to open to force the government pay them covid-19 risk allowance. Co-chairperson for the presidential taskforce on covid-19 Khumbize KandodoGovernment announced on Wednesday that all schools will open this coming […]
Ministry of Education has said it has sourced funds to recruit over 3,000 auxiliary teachers to fill existing vacancies in various primary schools across the 34 Education Districts in the country. The teachers will be recruited from the Initial Primary Teacher Education (IPTE 13) cohort. A statement from the ministry dated January 31 says the […]
A grouping of Concerned Teachers of Malawi have threatened to withdraw their membership to Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) citing failure by the Union to produce a report on how it (the Union) has been managing membership money for the last 10 years. The action is a way of pressurising the Union to release the […]
A teacher in Mulanje has finally surrended to police after a man hunt on allegations that he raped one of his learners. The 25-year-old primary school teacher in Mulanje has handed himself over to police a month after escaping arrest for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old Standard 7 pupil. On December 17 2020, the teacher, Peter […]
Government employed teachers in primary, secondary school and colleges will soon have their own Teachers Savings and Credit Cooperative (Sacco) called Malawi Teachers SACCO (MATE SACCO). This will be a conspicuous departure from the usual SACCOs to which many teachers have been members. The teachers feel time has come for them to manage and grow […]
Government has advised teachers to use the social media as a channel of airing their grievances. Director of Teacher Education and Development in the ministry of Education Misheck Munthali says teachers should instead resolve their issues through social dialogue. Munthali made the appeal during a teacher’s meeting in Lilongwe. UNESCO in partnership with the Education […]
Malawi Police in Mzimba have arrested a teacher who allegedly raped a student right away in administration block at school. Police have identified the suspect teacher as Goodrich Nkhoma from Kasenga, Mbalachanda. He is a teacher at Kapando Community Day Secondary School. The suspect has been detained at Euthini police station . Nkhoma was once […]
A group of unemployed primary school teachers under the Initial Primary Teachers Education- IPTE13 cohort on Friday held protests in Mzuzu with demands that government should unconditionally rope them into the civil service. The group which said represented the whole IPTE13 cohort in the northern region said since they graduated in 2019 the Ministry of […]
Malawi Police Service have arrested a primary school teacher at in Ntcheu for allegedly defiling a 15 -year-old standard 7 pupil. Ntcheu Police Station spokesperson Hastings Chigalu, said he suspect, Limbikani Kapeta, 28, had an affair with the young girl since June 2020. He said the girl came home late on September 30, 2020 and […]