Category: Education

By Duncan Mlanjira Soon after being censured by Vice-President Saulos Chilima that Malawi Institute of Management (MIM) is not up to the task under its management and that it is being run down, the institution’s Executive Director Arnold Juma has gone on a 34-day leave. In an internal memo to members of staff, Juma has claimed 15 days of his annual leave from September 10-30 and a further 19 days from October 1-28. Meanwhile, Juma told the members of…

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By Daniel Namwini, MANA Commissioner of Police responsible for Central West Region, Merlyne Yolamu has encouraged police officers to upgrade their education in order to compete for high positions. Yolamu made the remarks on Wednesday in Lilongwe during a day-long customer care and professional code of ethics training under the theme ‘Soul Searching’ that targeted Central West Region’s police stations such as Kanengo, Kawale, Lilongwe, Nathenje, and Lumbadzi. She encouraged women officers more to consider upgrading their academic credentials…

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By Duncan Mlanjira National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) is appealing to all prospective students, parents and guardians to access and scrutinize lists of all registered and accredited private learning institutions if their academic programmes are also accredited in Malawi before enrolling. NCHE said this in a public notice that detailed all registered and accreditation higher education institutions in line with the National Council for Higher Education Act (No. 15 of 2011), that gives mandate to the Council to…

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By Duncan Mlanjira In his engagements with the education sector to appreciate the strides they are making in the implementation of public sectors reforms, Vice-President Saulos Chilima — who is also Minister for Economic Planning & Development and Public Sector Reforms — was not impressed with Malawi Institute of Management (MIM) own management style. However, in his report posted on Facebook, Chilima praised Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), University of Malawi (UNIMA), Lilongwe University of Agriculture and…

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By Duncan Mlanjira President Lazarus Chakwera says the Government is committed to ensuring that every child goes to school, stays in school, and finishes school and one way to achieve this is by passing legislation and developing guidelines for implementing the Tonse Alliance manifesto promise to make primary school education compulsory. Chakwera said this in his first State of Nation Address (SONA) made in Parliament on Friday, saying he believes that education is a catalyst for national development, so…

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