Some 14 students from the Polytechnic are likely to spend the weekend in a police cell at Blantyre Police station following their arrest on Saturday morning. The students were arrested on campus following the fracas that ensued violent demonstrations against government decision to hike fees. Southern region police spokesman James Kadadzera confirmed the arrest of […]
There were running battles Friday in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre, as anti-riot police clashed with students of The Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, for their solidarity with the shut down Chancellor College in protesting the tuition fee hike. Unima council recently announced that mature entry students will be paying tuition fees […]
The University of Malawi (UNIMA) has introduced a four year degree program aimed at shaping the integrity of scholars and decision makers known as Umunthuology. This development comes against the background of some government officers in the country being caught in fraudulent activities dubbed ‘cash gate’ where millions of taxpayers money was squandered. UNIMA publicist […]
Malawi Police have arrested Chancellor College Students Union president James Ayuba Sylvester following the protests the students from Chancellor College (Chanco), a constituent college of the University of Malawi, concucted over fees hike. Accoridng to police, Ayuba been arrested together with University of Malawi Students Union (UMSU) vice president Godfrey Pumbwa and the college’s UMSU […]
Students at Chancellor College a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima) in Zomba, have blocked US Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden’s motorcade in Matawale, Zomba while holding anti-fee hike demonstrations. The students burnt tyres on road blocking Biden’s motorcade from proceeding to Machinga. Biden, who was accompanied by US ambassador to Malawi Virginia […]
Malawi Police in Zomba have arrested about 11 students from Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima) in Zomba, for being suspected of playing a big hand in planning, execution and leading the anti-fee hike demonstrations. Identities of the students include Hazel Chiomba, Sithembile Shawa, Glory Mwakaileke, Ellen banda, Martha Sani, […]
Students from Chancellor College in Zomba on Monday stage a strike to protest a recent tuition fee hike by the University of Malawi (Unima). However the students’ protests were met with police’s barriers and tear-gas. The protestors were calling for “affordable education”. “Our generation has been betrayed by this government in increases to tuition fees,” said […]
A group of civil society organisations calling itself Civil Society Platform for Constructive Dialogue (CS-PCD) has called upon politicians in the country not to politicise the issue of proposed UNIMA fees hike as a way of achieving their political ambitions. Addressing members of the press in Lilongwe, Chairperson of the group Maxwell Matewere said the […]
TRUE, higher education has become, and will most surely continue to be, increasingly expensive to offer in this 21st century era. This is largely because offering of higher education is silently battling for competitiveness and relevance in this era. The need to balance low funding levels from government and the political calls to open up ‘access’ […]
From the President of Malawi—Arthur Peter Mutharika (APM)—to the minister of education—Emmanuel Fabiano—and his entire Ministry of Education; and from the Chancellor of the University of Malawi—APM—to the Council of the University of Malawi…you people are all nothing but a selfish lot! Is it not the same APM-led government that tells civil servants to forget […]
Fourth year Polytechnic of Malawi Business Information System student, Samson Fiado has designed a working model of waste bin that alerts relevant personnel on the levels of wastes in the bins via a mobile phone or a monitoring center. Dubbed “EasyBin”, it is a smart waste bin which is interactive, meaning to say that it […]
The exorbitant high fees announced by University of Malawi for mature students has sent shivers down the spine of the students. A student at College of Medicine Given Kachilika said the increase of the fees from K250,000 to K960,000 and K1.4 million was obscene and a threat to the social economic development of the country. […]
Professor Chris Kamlongera of Chancellor College who died on Friday will be buried this Monday ar his home, Mlinda village, Kamphata in Lilongwe. Spokesperson for the University of Malawi Peter Mitunda said Kamlongera died at Partners in Hope after a long battle of cancer. Kamlongera compiled an anthology of Malawi literature that students studied at […]
University of Malawi has increased its tuition fees for mature students from 2016/17 academic calendar , according to a leaked memo dated May 12, 2016 from office of the University Registrar as seen by Nyasa Times. Signed by the University registrar Benedicto Malunga, the memo indicates that the University has agreed to vary fees for […]
University of Malawi (Unima) vice-chancellor John Kalenga Saka has challenged Domasi College of Education (DCE) has called for good collaboration between DCE and Chancellor College to address some of the challenges like sharing of teaching and learning materials. Presiding over the 20th graduation ceremony of the college, Saka during 20th Graduation Ceremony at the College […]
CCAP Synod of Livingstonia, the vocal voice on social and political matters, has hit at government for continuing with the University of Malawi quota selection system, saying it has left out deserving candidates from the colleges especially those from north Malawi. Livingstonia Synod moderator Reverend Levi Nyondo said this on Tuesday during the funeral ceremony […]
Coalition of citizens and civil society groups locally known as Citizen Alliance has called upon the Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika who is also the Chancellor of the public universities to intervene and fully guide process of bailing out the needy students so that they complete their tertiary education to become independent and productive citizens for […]
Students from the country’s four public universities have agreed to have a public university students union to deal with the challenges the institutions face. Silvester Ayuba James from Chancellor College said representatives of the four unions met at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources to strategise how best to form the umbrella union. “We […]