A mass exodus of teaching staff is looming at Likhubula Primary School in Chilomoni Township, Blantyre after 28 teachers asked for postings from the school following a stand-off that has arisen between the teachers and the surrounding community. In a letter dated 22 May, 2017, the teachers say they do not feel safe at their […]
There are reports that female teachers in Chikwawa District are shunning rural areas due to poor road networks as well as poor infrastructure thereby stifling education standards in the district. Latest reports indicate that Therere Primary School under Senior Chief Ngabu has had no stable female teacher for over 10 years and that the school […]
A local Non-Governmental Organization in Chikwawa has called on young female teachers to ensure they create an inclusive learning environment for marginalized girls to ensure that the pupils excel in the education. Youth Coalition for the Consolidation of Democracy (YCD) through its Executive Director Francis Folley made the remarks on Saturday at the end of […]
The Teachers Union of Malawi has applauded the Nsanje District Commissioner (DC) Gift Rapozo for his stout stand to ensure that Nsanje Primary School Teachers’ arrears are paid. TUM Secretary General, Charles Kumchenga credited the Nsanje District commissioner on Tuesday when he was addressing the disgruntled teachers on the current situation regarding the commitment government […]
Parents of primary school pupils in Nsanje who are currently being denied access to education due to disagreements between government and teachers over unpaid salary arrears have planned to take to the streets on Tuesday. Angry parents from one of the Education Zones of Nyamadzere have written a strong worded letter in which they have […]
Thousands of qualified teachers that completed their studies in 2009 through the IPTE9 and Open and Distance Learning (ODL) programmes of the country’s Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) have threatened stage demonstrations should government keep on casting a blind eye regarding their fate. The teachers, most with nothing to do for three years now, said it […]
Gender Based Violence (GBV) affects learners more, promoting the main ecumenical christian mother body, the Malawi Council of Churches (MCC), to challenge teachers to help stop the problem. Speaking during a five day long Training of Trainers for Teachers and Education Desk Officers, projects coordinator M’theto Lungu said: “It is not enough to fight GBV […]
Parliamentary Committee on Education Chairperson Elias Chakwera said 23,000 teachers who were trained for primary school teaching are still waiting for employment. Chakwera who is also Member of Parliament (MP) for Dowa Ngala said the number has increased due to the postponement of the 9,000 teachers who were left out when government recruited 10, 000 […]
Some teachers have reacted angrily to a statement by Minister of Education, Science and Technology Emmanuel Fabiano who said the government does not owe any teacher money in arrears. Some teachers said they were promoted in 2013 from grade L to K but the government has not yet given them the salary arrears. Fabiano told the […]
Ministry of Education is cracking down on absentee teachers, officials said Monday. Government has since fired over 13 primary school teachers in Chikhwawa for absenteeism. District Education Manager for Chikhwawa Chrissie Chimsale has confirmed the development, saying there was need to bring sanity in the education sector. “Victims were learners, their right to education was […]
Former teachers of the now-closed Viphya Schools who have remained destitute since May last year when the school stopped paying their wages, have asked for intervention into the matter by government and well-wishers. The 29 teachers together with 23 support staff have remained glued to the schools’ premises to date despite the schools’ official closure […]
A school teacher in Rumphi has committed suicide by hanging himself after allegedly misappropriating funds amounting to K150, 000 meant for pupils’ Primary School Leaving Certificate Examination (PSLCE). Rumphi Police spokesperson, Victor Khamisi, confirmed the news of the death in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) Tuesday. He identified the deceased as 49-year-old Justine […]
The Ministry of Education has commended Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) Malawi for taking lead in increasing number of role models for girls by training more female primary school teachers in their Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs). Mary Chirwa, Chief Education Officer in the Department of Teacher Education and Development was speaking at DAPP […]
District Education Manager for Mzimba South, Fanwell Chiwowa, has blamed teachers in the district for spending weeks in towns accessing salaries while the learners in their schools are left in the cold. The District Education Manager was speaking on Friday, during graduation ceremony for 64 Female Teachers at DAPP Teachers Training College in Mzimba, saying […]
Teachers Union of Malawi has suspended a sit in strike after schoolchildren as young as seven years old protested in Malawi’s capital Wednesday, urging the government to address the concerns of their teachers The children, from schools around the city, were protesting on their own, without being accompanied by police. Clad in school uniforms, the students […]
Government has called off a Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) sanctioned sit in, saying the government was implementing all the concerns raised by the teachers union body. Spokesperson for ministry of Education Manfred Ndovie said on Monday Treasury has released money for the teachers who invigilated in the past Malawi School Certificate of Education amounting […]
Officials from Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) are blaming chief secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet George Mkondiwa for the prolonged and endless problems affecting teachers in the country. TUM secretary general Muwake Chauluka said this as the TUM call for a strike looks set to be ignored. In the morning on […]
Public schools teachers on Monday, the first day of the academic calendar, rebuffed calls from their divided union to hold a sit in as the strike floppwd in many parts of the country. Many schools were open with learners and students both in primary and secondary schools listening attentively to their teachers. Teachers interviewed Nyasa […]