The High Court in Blantyre has stopped the University of Malawi from effecting new college fees for Polytechnic. Judge Healey Potani has since told the University of Malawi Council to open the Polytechnic the soonest. There was no one from the University of Malawi Council to hear this. Judge Potani agreed with lawyer for the […]
University of Malawi council has postponed the opening of Polytechnic after students obtained an injuction restraining the university from effectiving a fee hike. The Polytechnic was supposed to open on October 3 for the first year students and October 10 for continuing students. A statement from the University of Malawi spokesperson Peter Mitunda said the […]
Students at Polytechnic in Blantyre have succesfully obtained a court injuction stopping the University from hiking the tuition fees. Polytechic Students Union publicist Precious Chilundu confirmed the development. The Polytechnic College is yet to open its new academic year on October 10. “We obtained the injuction on Wednesday so this means when students come next […]
Natural Resources College campus a constituent college of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) has been closed indefinitely, following anit-fee hike demonstrations. The students all morning had running battles with police as they were staging protests against the fee hike by 45 per cent. The protests started in the night until Thursday […]
Many Malawians are calling for financial support ito University of Malawi Mechanical Engineering student who had taken up a job as a guard in order to raise money for fees now battling for his life after thugs hacked him. Nation newspaper reported that thugs attacked the Polytechnic College John Chione, 30 on when they wanted […]
College of Medicine (CoM) students have started their new year amid disagreements over fees in the University of Malawi. CoM students union president Francis Matiya confirmed the classes have started in earnest on Monday. “Some people have paid the new revised fees but the majority are awaiting a decision by the University of Malawi students […]
The establishment of the Confucius Institute in the University of Malawi (UNIMA) will help promote collaboration and partnership between the Malawi and Chinese governments through education and cultural exchange, officials said on Friday. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony of the institute at Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) Lecture Hall in Lilongwe, the Minister of Education, […]
University of Malawi student leadership meets this Thursday for a final decision on whether to stop protests or not following the reduction of the college fees by K50 000. University of Malawi (Umsu) vice president Godfrey Pumbwa said the student leaders met on Saturday in Mangochi to discuss President Peter Mutharika’s directive a few weeks […]
University of Malawi Students’ Union (UMSU) president Tionge Sikwese has said he will not resign from his position and that no member of UMSU will resign, rejecting allegations that they received bribes from President Peter Mutharika to accept compromise of a reduction of K50 000 on the recent fee hike. There have been fevered speculation […]
University of Malawi (Unima) has announced that it will launch distance learning enabling students to combine work in a busy professional environment. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Unima vice-chancellor Professor John Kalenga Saka in Zomba during the fourth and last graduation for the 2014/15 students who successfully completed their studies in various constituent […]
President Peter Mutharika who is also Chancellor of the University of Malawi (Unima) on Wednesday snubbed the invitation to attend the institution’s congregation. Unima spokesman Peter Mitunda announced on August 4 that Mutharika would preside over the graduation ceremony. But on Wednesday Presiden Mutharika stayed away as Vice Chancellor , Prof John Saka stepped in […]
Fearless Chancellor College Students Union President Sylvester Ayuba James has said the meeting with President Peter Mutharika on fees impasse was “ a waste of opportunity”, saying a compromise take on University of Malawi’s (Unima) demand for fees reduction which he directed that the tuition be reduced by K50,000. Mutharika offered MK350,000.00 and MK850,000.00 from […]
So all that stoning of cars, blocking of the Zomba road to prevent Dr Jill Biden from passing, burning of a policeman’s hat, running battles with the police, arrests, slapping of two hapless girls by the police, teargas and beatings can end in a whimper like this? In case you’re surprised about my rant, university […]
Civil Society Platform for Constructive Dialogue would like has applauded President Peter Mutharika and the University of Malawi Students Union (UMSU) for “amicably reaching a compromise” on the University of Malawi (UNIMA) fee hike, saying President’s order for a K50 000 reduction in fees in public universities eventually brings to an end an warranted saga […]
Chancellor College Students Union president James Ayuba Sylvester has claimed that President Peter Mutharika behaved like a tip pot dictator when he met student leaders at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Thursday, saying he gagged them from expressing themselves freely. Ayuba told Nyasa Times that that he was told to “shut up” by President Muthalika […]
Minister of Information Patricia Kaliati has said protesters of the University of Malawi (Unima) fee hike who included students and civil society organisations (CSOs) were miserable lot despite forcing President Peter Mutharika to order a K50 000 reduction in the fees from a minimum of K400 000 to K350 000 per student per year. The protesters […]
The protests has paid off. President Peter Mutharika has swallowed his pride as Chancellor of the Universiity of Malawi and agreed to reduce college fees by K50,000 across the board. Mutharika met in camera 15 student union leaders from all the four public universities following the violent protests at Chancellor College which swiftly spread to […]
Some members of the Civil Society Organisations (CSO) have taken part in a “peaceful” protest against raising tuition fees at against University of Malawi (Unima) and called for the reopening of Chancellor College in Zomba. The CSOs proceeded with the demos while President Peter Mutharika was having n audience to University of Malawi Students Union […]