Category: Education

By Duncan Mlanjira During his public lecture on Mindset Change at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe over two weeks ago, the country’s Vice-President, Saulos Chilima signed off by quoting the hymn ‘I vow to thee, my country’ — a British patriotic hymn, created in 1921, when a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice was set to music by Gustav Holst. The hymn ‘I vow to thee, my country’ was adopted by Kamuzu Academy as the school hymn…

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By Vincent Khonje, MANA President Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday led students, teachers and parents in commemorating Kamuzu Academy (KA) Founder’s Day in Mtunthama, Kasungu where he said the true measure of the quality of education delivered at KA and any other education institution is not in the strength of the curriculum or the credentials of teachers who facilitate it, but the men and women that the education produces. The founding president of the Republic of Malawi, late Ngwazi Dr….

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By Solister Mogha,MANA Deputy Minister of Education, Madalitso Kambuwa Wirima said on Wednesday that investigations on the leaked Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations are at an advanced stage and soon the nation would be communicated on the findings. Speaking in Zomba after meeting senior officers at the Malawi National Examination Board’s (MANEB), Wirima was not ready to divulge details of the progress made so far but was optimistic of positive results. The Minister said a number of…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has urged the general public to support foster homes, orphanages and other organizations that take care of needy children as opposed to giving alms to street kids. Kaliati said this when she graced the Blantyre-Zomba Big Walk on Saturday, November 7 which NGO, Yohane Banda Foundation, organised to fundraise for the welfare of street kids. The core mission of Yohane Banda Foundation is to work towards…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati will participate in the Blantyre-Zomba Big Walk on Saturday, November 7 which NGO, Yohane Banda Foundation, has organised to fundraise for the welfare of street kids. Kaliati joins Blantyre City South Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Noel Lipipa as well as Blantyre City Mayor, Councillor Wild Ndipo as solidarity. Yohane Banda, who is one of the NGO’s Trustees, said Kaliati was approached to see if she…

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Chakwera talks tough on exam leakage; Top MANEB management to be removed By Patricia Kapulula, MANA President Lazarus Chakwera has given Minister of Education a seven-day period to work with Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) MANEB to investigate on who leaked the 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations and to re-administer the cancelled exam before the end of January 2021. Speaking at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Thursday during a state of the nation address on emerging…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) demands the immediate resignation or firing of the Malawi National Examination Board Executive Director, Gerald Axel Chiunda for gross failure in leadership and management of this year’s Malawi Schools Certificate of Examinations (MSCE). HRDC contends that Chiunda cannot not be trustedwith another huge responsibility to preside over yet another examination as “he has grossly failed, and he needs to be relieved of his duties with immediate effect”. “While we welcome the hard call the…

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By Duncan Mlanjira In a show of solidarity, Blantyre City South Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Noel Lipipa is set to join Blantyre City Mayor, Councillor Wild Ndipo in the noble cause that NGO Yohane Banda Foundation has organised — the Blantyre to Zomba Big Walk on November 7 to fundraise for the welfare of street kids. Lipipa says he felt it duty bound to join the Mayor and the other participants because, as MP for Blantyre City South…

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