There is no doubt that education is the backbone of every civilized society. Education is very important and necessary step, since this communicates knowledge and skills, so each and everyone can think for a stable and secure future. That is why the Malawi’s first president Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda had an impetus to introduce the […]
Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (CCASU) will mark February 16 as a special day to commemorate the battle for academic freedom. CCASU acting president Dr. Jessie Kabwila-Kapasula (JKK)says the academic dons will remain vigilant to ensure academic freedom, saying the battle is not over yet. She said February 16 is “a date whose significance will […]
Coldblooded Malawi Police Friday morning tear gassed and ruthlessly beat up scores of students from Bunda College of Agriculture who were protesting outside the Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) premises over the newly introduced loan forms. Over 200 students from the agriculture college invaded MSB’s Area 3 premises in the capital Lilongwe bringing business in the […]
The latest survey has ranked the University of Malawi at position 99 out of 100 universities in Africa. According to a story monitored on Radio Islam written by senior reporter Abdul Aziz Onile positions number one up to ten have been dominated by South African Universities with University of Cape Town topping the list seconded […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has stopped the presidential Commission of Inquiry on academic freedom standoff from acting any further in this matter “in any manner whatsoever.” The court ordered on Monday that the Commission’s work be stopped “pending the determination of the judicial review or further order of the court.” This follows the application […]
University students have expressed a sigh of relief following the decision by the state-owned Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) to the loans form that would enable them recover public university loans easily after students cried foul that it was prohibitive. The financial institution has since said it will engage with the student bodies from University of […]
Linda Annan talks to Malawian Global Voices Author Steve Sharra. Sharra is a blogger, freelance journalist, lecturer and educational editor. He blogs at Afrika Aphukira. He has published poetry and fiction, radio plays (Malawi Broadcasting Corporation) and a radio short story (BBC); and authored a children’s book, Fleeing the War, which won the 1995 British […]
After eight months of dormancy due to the academic freedom stalemate, Chancellor College opened on Monday and the 2011 academic year will consequently end on 14th July, 2012. In a communiqué dated 13th November 2011 released to students by College’s management through Assistant Registrar, Chancellor College “will restart the academic calendar for 2011 in week […]
After a series of protracted battles over the academic freedom saga which saw the college closed to almost eight months, Chancellor College the main constituent college of the University of Malawi, finally opened on Monday with the registration process and some learning taking place. This follows President Bingu wa Mutharika recent directive to reinstate the […]
University of Malawi (UNIMA) lecturers have said the battle for guaranteeing higher education liberties is not over despite reinstatement of four dons at Chancellor College who were suspended on the grounds that they were the ringleaders of academic freedom protests that have gripped the nation for most of this year. Acting president of Chancellor College […]
The University of Malawi (Unima) has released names of 2,379 students selected into its constituent colleges – Chancellor College, College of Medicine, Kamuzu College of Nursing and the Polytechnic -based on the controversial equitable system also known as quota. The equitable system advocates that the selection be done based on the students places of origin. […]
The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) which was formerly known as Civil Society Coalition for Quality Basic Education (CSCQBE) has commended President Bingu wa Mutharika for the unconditional reinstatement of the four Chancellor College lecturers who were dismissed over academic freedom dispute. The four are law lecturer Garton Kamchedzera, Jessie Kabwila Kapasula, Blessings Chinsinga and […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika who is the Chancellor of the University of Malawi (Unima), has directed that Chancellor College -the main constituent college of Unima -be opened and that the four lecturers who were fired for being at the centre of an academic freedom wrangle that has paralysed the university, should be reinstated. Mutharika […]
The 2011 Malawi Schools Certificate of Examinations (MSCE) results have been released showing and increased pass rate by one percent. Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) said out of 102,691 candidates who sat for the examinations, 56, 273 candidates have attained full MSCE certificate representing a 54.8 percent an improvement from 53.3 percent last year. Internal […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika was heckled and jeered by crowds as he delivered his speech at the graduation of students of the University of Malawi at College of Medicine in Blantyre on Wednesday. Graduates booed Mutharika when he accused four lecturers at Chancellor College ,who have been campaigning for academic freedom, claiming they were […]
Malawi’s Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo will have no choice other than recussing himself from two appeal cases where the University Council of Malawi (Unima) Council is asking the Supreme Court to quash two lower court determinations that four fired Chancellor College lecturers be reinstated. The four, associate professor Blessings Chinsinga, Professor Garton Kamchedzera, Franz Amin […]
Malawi’s pathologist Dr Charles Dzamalala, who carried out a post-mortem on the body of a fourth year University of Malawi engineering student Robert Chasowa whose mysterious death police say, was a case of suicide, told Capital Radio’s Straight Talk programme on Tuesday that his death was not suicide and that his yet-to-be released report will […]