Former president Joyce Banda has called for an emphasis to be placed on girl children. in a quest to see them back to school after the devastating effects of Covid-19 pandemic. Banda was speaking at a virtual conversation organised by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in commemoration of the International Day […]
Up-and-coming artists Aut and Taddy have teamed up with a youth-led agency, HeR Liberty, to embark on a project that was created in a bid to strengthen adolescent health and its awareness in Malawi. The project, which is called the Youth Engage in Adolescent Health (YEAH!), has garnered support from the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Pledging their […]
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has expressed the need to provide adequate training programmes Technical College instructors in order to improve education standards in the colleges in the country. Speaking during the opening of the training on Monday at Simama Hotel in Lilongwe, UNESCO Curriculum and Qualification Expert, Kirsten Larsen said that […]
UNESCO and Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) have described radio and sports as powerful tools that can be used in combating stereotypes and gender imbalances in the country. The two organizations made the observation on Tuesday at Monkey Bay Community Resource Centre Ground where Malawi joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Radio […]
Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Tuesday got yet another boost to its library services after the Malawi National Commission for United Nation Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) handed over books and computers worth about K40 million. UNESCO’s donation follows a request it made to Mzuzu University for the types of books the University would need shortly […]
Malawi National Commission for UNESCO is inviting submission of articles from academicians and scholars in the fields of Educational Policy, Planning, Leadership and Management to be published in a book. In a statement last week, the Commission said the book will be a reflective treatise of Malawi’s Education system in the past 50 plus years […]
South Korean National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has donated US$40,000 (about MK23 million) towards printing of teaching and learning materials for adult literacy classes. UNESCO presented the donation Friday during the Bridge Writing Festival Award and Fund Handover ceremony at Mwera Community Centre in the area of Traditional Authority […]
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has trained 221 secondary school teachers, 240 parents teacher associations in Malawi to teach comprehensive sex education in public schools. Unesco says age-appropriate sex education is an important public right in the global response to HIV. This is why Unescois helping Malawi that from next academic year students will […]
Malawi government through its sports implementing body National Council of Sports and the Malawi Olympic Committee (Moc) has intensified the battle against anti-doping in sports through a training of close to 30 sports administrators and some health experts in anti-doping issues. Conducted with funding from the Malawi National Commission for Unesco, the training was held […]
Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, on Wednesday arrived in Malawi for a three-day official visit where, among others, she is expected to have an audience with President Joyce Banda. Bokova is on an official visit to selected African countries which include Malawi, Ghana, Gabon and Congo. During her visit, […]
There seem to be government commitment to see Mulanje Mountain prescribed a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). If successful, this will increase the number of world-recognised heritage sites in Malawi, which meanwhile has Lake Malawi National Park in Mangochi and Chongoni Heritage Centre in Dedza to three. […]
Malawi’s Minister of Education Science and Technology, George Chaponda has asked UNESCO to scale up the government’s MK 3 bllion Youth Enterprise Development Fund (Yedef), saying a generation of untrained youth is susceptible to hatred and violence. “it is important to realize that there should be an effective generation of employment or engagement of the […]