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UNIMA narrowing gap between male and female academic achievement; Out of 2,474 graduands, 1,195 females

April 7, 2023

* This signals the university’s efforts towards attaining the male-female 50-50 gender distribution * With regard to opportunities for higher education in compliance with the national policy on gender equity * From the 2,474 graduands, 7 received certificates, 25 Diplomas, 2,289 Bachelors, 142 Masters and 11 PhDs By Duncan Mlanjira Out of 2,474 graduands who were conferred with degrees, diplomas and certificate by the University of Malawi (UNIMA) on Wednesday at Chancellor College, 1,195 were females with 1,279 males…

TNM boosts public universities’ ICT infrastructure

April 3, 2023

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* We would like to underscore our commitment to contribute towards ICT development in the country * We are creating capacity for them to be able to test the deployment of enterprise architecture * Comprising of database servers, application servers and presentation layers, among other functions Maravi Express Malawi’s pioneer mobile network and ICT services provider, TNM Plc, has invested ICT servers to the country’s four major public universities and two technical colleges to improve their technology infrastructure and…

Ministry of Education appoints interim Board for Saint Andrews International Primary School

March 26, 2023

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Minister of Education, Madalitso Wirima-Kambauwa * Following the High Court Consent Order dated 4th March, 2023 between Sunduzwayo Jere & Naomi Charles * The new Board shall be constituted upon wider consultation with stakeholders * Including all schools under the Designated Schools Board — or at the expiry of 18 months, whichever comes earlier By Duncan Mlanjira Ministry of Education has dissolved the Board of Governors for Saint Andrews International Primary School (SAIPS) and appointed an interim, led by…

Blantyre Malabada MP Mkumba calls for shelter structures to relieve schools as evacuation centres; As Limbe and Blantyre Rotary Clubs assist Makata camp with relief items

March 19, 2023

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Hands on * In times of such disaster, everyone has the responsibility to assist the vulnerable * We just had to act and support the government in alleviating the trauma that these people have gone through * We decided to present the items to the beneficiaries directly in order to also appreciate the challenges people are facing By Duncan Mlanjira Rotary Clubs of Limbe and Blantyre on Saturday distributed various relief packages for homeless survivors of flash floods caused…

MACRA calls for consented efforts in child protection from harmful digital content

March 16, 2023

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* A National Child Online Protection Strategy is being developed with technical assistance from ITU * It is of paramount essence as children are at the forefront at adapting and adopting to new connected technologies By Andrew Magombo, MANA Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has asked stakeholders for collective responsibility in safe guarding children from exposure to harmful online content. At a consultative meeting on development of a National Child Online Protection Strategy in Lilongwe, MACRA Board member, Malla…

St. Mary’s dominates ZBS’ 2022 Top Girl Child awards who scooped digital number of MSCE points

March 11, 2023

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Guest of honour, Jiya (in black) with the awardees * Keeping girls that enroll in secondary is a challenge as girls who start secondary education drop out * Mainly because of financial hardship, teenage pregnancy, and marriage—guest of honour Edith Jiya * It was such a glamorous event as has been since its launch in 2007 by Zodiak’s Founder, Gospel Kazako * The former Minister of Information awarded St. Mary’s teachers with K1 million to be shared by themselves…

Old Mutual CEO Jiya enlightens St. Mary’s students on keeping basic hygiene amidst cholera outbreak

March 11, 2023

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Jiya, renowned champion for the girl child motivation * Much as cholera was eradicated in the first world, it keeps resurfacing in Malawi and other least developed countries * Mostly due to poverty since most of the citizenry do not have access to safe water, adequate sanitation and basic hygiene needs By Duncan Mlanjira Old Malawi Group Chief Executive Officer, Edith Jiya enlightened young minds of St. Mary’s Secondary School on Friday that cholera pandemic, which Malawi is battling…

Youths encouraged to report cyber abuse

March 7, 2023

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Roseline Kalumbi impressive on students at Chimbongondo Community Day Secondary School * The event was part of Plan Malawi’s pre-commemoration of the 2023 International Women’s Day on March 8 * Which will be celebrated under the theme: ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality’ By Rose Cross Mahorya, MANA Police in Mzuzu have encouraged youths in the area of Traditional Authority Mtwalo in Mzimba District to report any forms of cyber abuse against them without fear of being harassed…

NICO Group lays foundation stone for K190m double storey classroom block at Mbayani Primary School

March 3, 2023

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Group MD Kumwenda laying the foundation stone * The magnificent classroom block is expected to have total of four classrooms * Mbayani Primary School has the highest pupil enrollment in Malawi as well as part of Africa * As it has over 10,000 learners who only use 33 classroom blocks — forcing other pupils to be learning under trees By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent NICO Group, through its NICO Foundation, has laid a foundation stone for a modern double…

Ndirande volunteer environment protection group inculcates tree preservation culture in young school learners

March 2, 2023

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* Donated 650 assorted tree seedlings to Malabada Primary School in Ndirande, Blantyre * As one way of fulfilling it’s project under its campaign theme of ‘Cleaning and Greening’ * Which rolled out by nurturing the tree seedlings at the foot of the mountain By Michael Martin, MANA Ndirande Township’s Community Impact Group — a concerned set of volunteers with the admirable passion of protecting and restoring Ndirande Mountain’s vegetation — on Wednesday reached out to the area’s Malabada…