Category: Education

* To offer Bachelors of Arts in education; special needs education;  herbal medicine as well as faculties of social science * Set to be evaluated in May by National Council of Higher Education for accreditation process By Duncan Mlanjira A private Christian institution of higher learning, United Christian University (UCU), has been established by patriotic Malawians in response to a call for quality university education with a Christian perspective that is set to promote job creation and university industry linkages…

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Kaliati and Blantyre Round Table chairperson Andrew Lulker commissioning the ICT lab * The donation will undoubtedly enrich the teaching and learning scope of the institution * You have provided these kids with a stimulating environment for reform that will assist them to reform better * The Tablers long-standing 49-year friendship with Mpemba centre that started in 1962 By Duncan Mlanjira Minister of Gender and Community Services, Patricia Kaliati on Saturday commissioned the information and communication technology classroom that…

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Kazombo getting back to what he knows best, teaching * Over 181 comments and 300 likes ? 21 hours after he posted pictures in action on Facebook * Great work, setting the bar really high for servant leadership! Well done * Those kids will love you for the rest of their lives — they are in fact lucky kids By Duncan Mlanjira Twenty-one hours after First Deputy Speaker of Malawi Parliament, Madalitso Kazombo posted pictures of himself teaching mathematics…

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The affected girls during the handover ceremony * A response to appeal made by First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Madalitso Kazombo * Fundraising campaign further enhanced by girl-child advocate Cathie Matura on social media * Many others came forward to only offer teaching services as revision By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Relief Fund (MRF)-UK has donated K4 million to assist 100 school girls in Kasungu to re-take the Malawi School of Certificate of Education (MSCE), that has been riddled with…

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Teacher Union of Malawi leadership  * Plans to boycott further talks scheduled for Friday, March 9 * The long standing impasse between TUM and government receives mixed reaction * “Teachers who have failed 60% of their students should not be talking of a strike” * “Is the whole issue about COVID-19 risk or simply about wanting extra money” By Duncan Mlanjira As soon as Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) walked out of their meeting with Government on Thursday on…

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A Malawian classroom set up Maravi Express Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) is set to resume their strike from Tuesday, April 6 in form of stay-away following the expiry of a 7-day if government fails to pay them COVID 19 risk allowances. In a statement from its national executive committee, the notice emanates from government’s response through a letter from the Parliamentary Committee on Education (reference number Ref: NA/PC/08, dated 24th March 2021), which clearly indicates that the presidential…

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Past MSCE examination process * To give opportunity for MSCE candidates who failed 2020 exams to register for re-sit * 2020 MSCE exams registered 60% fail rate * The worst result rate in the past decade By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) has announced the extension deadline for registration of candidates for the 2021 Primary School Leaving Certificate (PSLCE), Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) and Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations to April 16. A statement…

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