Hard work and dedication pays. That’s the story of Mark Kamphira, a 35-year-old volunteer teacher who has transformed the status of Chiguma Primary in Blantyre from a community structure into a fully government owned school. With his contribution to society, Kamphira emerged the overall winner in the 2017 Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC’s) Innovator of Innovators […]
A 30-year-old primary school teacher, Simeon Jericho has been jailed to 2 years for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old standard seven learner at Nagwira Primary school in Central Region district of Dowa. The case was heard by the Mponela First Grade Magistrate Court in Diwa District. The court heard that in July this year the […]
Dedza District Education Manager (DEM)’s office has warned it will not hesitate to dismiss any teacher involved in sexual relationships with students. Desk Officer for primary schools in the district, Solley Mwale, said on Monday that sexual relationships between students and teachers are serious disciplinary issues and appealed to students and communities to be reporting […]
Government has confessed that harmonization of pupil teacher ratio remains a challenge in public schools. Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) has graduated 63 primary school teachers at function which took place at its Dowa Teachers Training Colleges. Ministry of Education Science and Technology official Mary Chirwa, who is also Coordinator of Teaching Department […]
Teacher – pupil ratio is one of the challenges the education is currently grappling with in the country. The recommended teacher – pupil ratio is 1:60, however, this seems to be unrealistic on the basis that some teachers have no option but to manage more than 200 learners in a single class. Mark Kamphira, 35, […]
Malawi government will once again delay paying the salaries of teachers in public primary and secondary schools this month which is attributed to bureaucracy in the State machinery. The delays are likely to spark further discontent among the teachers employees who are already battling to cope with the increasing cost of living as they are […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka has issued a warning to teachers involved in sexual abuses with girl children, saying they would face the chop once caught if they do not desist from the malpractice. The Minister sounded the warning during the official launch of a gender-based violence campaign against girls and boys […]
Government has recruited 9,630 primary school teachers in a major drive to beef up teaching staff levels in the education sector to tame overcrowding in classrooms that is affecting delivery of quality education to learners in the country. Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of community campaign on combating sexual and gender based violence […]
Parliamentary committee members on education science and technology have applauded government for plans to establish a teachers training college in Mchinji. Speaking after visiting the construction site for Mchinji TTC in Traditional Authority Zulu on Wednesday, Chairperson of the committee, Dr Elias Chakwera said the committee was impressed that construction on the site has started. […]
Rumphi First Grade Magistrate Court Monday sentenced a 22–year-old primary school teacher to 12 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for indulging in sexual activity with a nine-year-old girl. Police Prosecutor Inspector Michael Paulino told the court that Christopher Mwansambo defiled the lass on the night of March 18, 2017 at Kanakulera Village, when she […]
A 44 year-old primary school teacher, Oliver Jinazale, from the lake shore district of Nkhotakota has committed suicide by hanging following family disputes. According to the Deputy Public Relations Officer for Nkhotakota Police, Paul Malimwe, the deceased who hailed from Makuta Village in the area of Senior Chief Malengachazi in Nkhotakota, had quarreled with his […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday officially opened Phalombe Teacher Training College (TTC) which is co-funded by United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DfID). DFID provided 3.9bn kwacha (£4.2m) of UK aid for Phalombe TTC, to help address Malawi’s current and future need for qualified teachers. “The opening of this Teacher Training College should serve […]
While teachers in the country have resumed their duties following official communication from Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) to call off the strike, some teachers in Mzuzu City are caught in the wave of doubt whether the strike is really called off or not. A visit to Lunyangwa and St Peter’s Primary Schools in the […]
Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe has asked parliament to approve an extra k6billion to enable the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology recruit primary school teachers. The minister made the request before parliament went into committee of supply through which various monetary allocations to various ministries and departments are scrutinised before approval. […]
President Peter Mutharika has bemoaned the impact of continued sit-in by Chancellor College (Chanco) academic staff and has since pledged to continue engaging concerned stakeholders on the need to resume work. Mutharika on Friday separately met Chancellor College student’s concerned parents and executive committee of the Teachers Association of Malawi (TUM) at State House in […]
As Sunbird Hotels and Resorts continues to support its communities as a responsible corporate citizen, it must not come as a surprise when one learns that since 2014, Sunbird has spent MK20 million training 7 student teachers to become fully skilled and competent educators. Following an MOU signed between Sunbird Hotels and Resorts and Development […]
Finally there is hope for primary school learners across the country as government has started paying striking teachers their leave grants, Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has confirmed. About 40,000 teachers across the country are currently on strike to force government meet their demands including pay hike and delayed leave grants. TUM which has organized […]
There are no classes in all Malawi public schools as teachers have embarked on a nationwide strike following government’s failure to address several issues affecting their welfare, including outstanding leave grants. Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM), a labour union representing over 40,000 teachers, said the strike will only end “until government addresses the teachers grievances” […]