A 44-year-old primary school teacher is under police custody at Balaka Police Station for allegedly defiling his standard 3 pupil. The suspect Bartholomew Ignacio teaches at Mpilisi Full Primary School. Balaka police spokesperson Inspector Joseph Sauka says the incident came to light after an 11-year-old victim revealed to her mother that the suspect had been […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has pledged that his administration will invest more in education as it ealizes the important role the sector plays in the development of the country. The Head of State mad ethe pldeg on Wednesday when he officially opened Chiradzulu Teacher’s Training College (TTC) in Chiradzulu. He also promised to raise the […]
A 16 year old student , Nicoly Luhana, who won K2 million in TNM Ufulu@50, has donated her prize money to Makulande Primary School in Zomba for the completion of teacher houses at the school. Luhana, who sat for the just gone Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) at Mnjiri Community Day Secondary School, is among 50 […]
Communities from Lilongwe Msozi North have expressed concern about one of their Ward Councillors, Misheck Khomba Muhanji of Ngala ward who to their dismay has been discovered to be doubling his elective office and as a secondary school teacher at Minga CDSS a development which has left him neglecting his duty as a councillor. The […]
The Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has condemned government’s idea to introduce fees in Teachers Training Colleges (TTCs), and has since accused government of “commercializing the noble profession.” Government, through Ministry of Education and Science Technology spokesperson Manfred Ndovi, has confirmed its idea of introducing the fees but said the fees will be highly “subsidized.” […]
Dear Hon. Dr. Emmanuel Fabiano, I write this open letter to your Hon. Education Minister with heavy heart and it borders on what I suspect to be a spar between quality education and incompetent administrators in the education sector. Honourable Minister, it is undeniable fact that all countries that have registered tremendous improvements in the […]
Malawi Police in Neno district have arrested a primary school teacher who allegedly impregnated his in-law. Paul Steven 26 years-old has been arrested after the victim’s grandfather reported the matter to police. Steven, a teacher at Nsenjere Primary School, allegedly impregnated his 14-year-old in-law who is in standard 6 at the same school, according to […]
Billions of kwacha from government coffers are being lost out on ghost teachers in operatives being masterminded by unscrupulous civil servants at Capital Hill in Malawi’s administrative capital Lilongwe, Nyasa Times can reveal. The revelation comes in the wake of ‘cashgate’ trials currently ongoing in Malawi courts, following the plundering of more than $100 million dollars of […]
A survey by Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) in urban Malawi has revealed that most teachers are surviving on loan sharks, vernacularly referred to as Katapila, to cope with the country’s extortionate costs of living. With loan sharking a money lender charged exorbitant rates of interest, typically illegal. CSEC executive director Benedict Kondowe told a […]
A Malawian teacher at Kanjedza Primary School in Blantyre hit newspaper headlines fors living in an out-of-use toilet due to a shortage of houses at the institution. The Weekend Nation reported that the school’s head-teacher, Nellie Mkumba, said the teacher has been living in the sanitary facility since he got transferred from Kapeni Demonstration School, […]
Teaching has always been regarded as a nightmare in Malawi, chiefly, because of circumstances the pliers of the profession endure – ranging from abysmal salaries to working conditions. But as Nyasa Times’ Chancy Namadzunda writes, DAPP Teacher Training Colleges – knowing the unfortunate situation that is Malawi’s teaching environment – have, over the recent past, […]
Government has set March 10 as deadline for paying arrears and leave grants it owes teachers in the country, deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology Vincent Ghambi has told Nyasa Times. Some teachers, however, have expressed pessimism over the assurance saying “the government is only good at promising.” But Ghambi assured the March 10 deadline is date, adding that […]
Over 70 primary school teachers of Mwenitete zone in Karonga the northern part of Malawi have on gone on sit-in strike due to the government failure to give them their 2013 to 2014 arrears and leave grant of about K1 million. Acting Primary Education Advisor (PEA) of the area Doreen Kaunda told Nyasa Times on […]
One of the education analysts in the country Benedicto Kondowe has appealed to government to priotise paying its teachers and other service providers, saying the delays are lowering standards. Kondowe made the remarks following concerns that some pupils in some schools have not been able to attend classes due to the delay of January salary […]
About 700 trainee teachers deployed to various districts nationwide from Lilongwe Teachers Training College (LTTC) under the Open Distance Learning (ODL) and Initial Primary Teacher Education (IPTE) programmes have gone five months without pay. Spokesperson Manfred Ndovi attributed the situation to erratic funding to LTTC and says things will be normal soon. Ndovi pointed out that […]
Malawian teacher Andrew Nchessie of Kasungu Demonstration School and Kasungu Teachers Training College has been included in the first ever GEMS Foundation Global Teacher Prize which could see him walk away with $1 million if he come out on top. The other 49 nominees are dotted around 25 countries, with 16 of them coming from […]
A 43-year old primary school teacher in Balaka district has been arrested for allegedly defiling a12-year old pupil who was learning in standard 6 at Kapalamula School. Balaka Police spokesperson Sub inspector Joseph Sauka said they arrested the suspect John Mpinganjira after a complaint on the matter. “The mother of the victim, told police that […]
A teacher at Central Primary School in Dwangwa, Nkhotakota District who has allegedly been defiling two of his teenage pupils, is in trouble as both girls are pregnant of him. The suspect, Lemon Kapusa, 26 is currently in custody at Nkhunga Police station for defilement contrary to section 138 of the penal code. The pupils […]