Malawi’s public universities have quietly triggered one of the most consequential policy shifts of the year: a doubling of tuition fees for generic students, from K650,000 to K1.3 million. Two institutions — Luanar and Mzuzu University — have already confirmed the new fees. More are expected to follow. The move lands at a moment when […]
Teachers in the country, it seems, should continue getting used to not being given full attention to as President Lazarus Chakwera’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) presented at Parliament Building in the capital Lilongwe was loudly silent on their woes. An impasse between teachers and their employer—government—has been on for months now following the […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has challenged the University of Malawi (UNIMA) to maintain high standards as it undergoes delinking process. Speaking at Chancellor College during the virtual graduation where only 73 with distinction graduates physically attended, Chakwera said UNIMA founder, former President Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda had a great vision, which was to make Malawian education […]
Government says it has set May 4 for the full commencement of the delinking of the University of Malawi and acting secretary for Education Raphael Agabu said the Ministry of Education has gazetted the date. The government, under Acts of Parliament Nos 18, 19 and 20 of 2019, is unbundling the University of Malawi into […]