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Learning institutions to reopen September 7

August 28, 2020

By Sylvester Kumwenda, MANA The Ministry of Education, Science & Technology has announced that following the various strides the country has made in the fight against COVID-19, learning institutions will reopen from September 7, in phases starting with examination classes. Government ordered closure of all learning institutions in Malawi in March even before the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in the country, as a preventive measure to the emergence and subsequent spread of the pandemic. Addressing the…

COVID-19: NICO donates K6m for needy College of Medicine undergraduate students

August 18, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira NICO Group, through NICO Life and Nico Pensions, has added more support towards government’s calls to corporates to assist in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by donating K6 million College of Medicine (COM) to acquire lap tops for its 30 needy undergraduate students who are unable to access lessons in the wake of the tertiary institution being closed. This follows calls by the college for assistance and NICO says the donation is in line with…

Ministry of Education sets up guidelines for reopening of schools

August 17, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Five months after learning institutions in Malawi were closed due to COVID-19, the Ministry of Education Science and Technology has developed guidelines for reopening of schools and teacher training colleges. A communique from the Ministry says the schools should reopen for members of management and teachers first to prepare for the return of the learners and thereafter introduce the learners through a phased approach by priotizing examination years first (Standard 8, Form 4). Schools, districts…

Mini-Me Montessori School innovates an inspiring learning project during COVID-19 school closure

August 13, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Due to closure of learning institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mini-Me Montessori School in Blantyre diverted to electronic learning that involved learners from toddlers of 2 years old to those in full primary classes up to 12 years old. In between the school also initiated a discovery learning competition in which the learners were assigned to work on a project in order to instil the love of learning and discovery. The project — named ‘Multi-Cultural…

12 female students fall pregnant at Chigodi CDSS in Lilongwe

August 12, 2020

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By Tione Andsen, MANA Chigodi Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) In Lilongwe has recorded 12 pregnancies during the current academic year after the closure of the learning institutions in March this year due to COVID-19. The school’s Headteacher, Gladson Mankhambo reporters on Tuesday at Chigodi Area Programme of World Vision Malawi in the area of Traditional Authority Mazengera that before the closure, the school had recorded four pregnancies. “We have 12 pregnant cases before us and four of which…

World Vision Malawi hands over newly-constructed girls’ hostel for Chigodi CDSS

August 12, 2020

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By Tione Andsen, MANA Female students at Chigodi Community Day Secondary (CDSS) in Lilongwe will have smile wide when school reopens as they have been provided with a hostel and cooking shelter constructed by World Vision Malawi to the tune of K22 million. The hostel, based in the area of Traditional Authority Mazengera, will accommodate 40 students and those being targeted are girls that are in examination classes. Chigodi CDSS’s Headteacher, Gladson Mankhambo said the hostel shall help the…

ICAM CEO aggrieved by law Professor Chirwa’s assertion that his PhD is fake

August 3, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi (ICAM) chief executive officer (CEO), Dr Francis Chinjoka Gondwe says he is aggrieved by allegation made by Malawian law Professor Danwood Chirwa on social media that asserts that Gondwe’s doctoral degree in Business Administration obtained through Columbia Commonwealth University in 2011 is ‘fake’. Prof. Chirwa, who is Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Cape Town, posted on Facebook on Sunday alleging that Columbia Commonwealth University is a…

Minister Kaliati bemoans rise of gender and social degradation due to COVID-19

July 17, 2020

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By Lily Kampani, MANA Minister of Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has expressed concern over gender based violence and child abuse which she said are on the increase since the onset of Coronavirus pandemic. Kaliati made the remarks on Thursday in Lilongwe at a press briefing to inform the general public on the ministry’s mandate and its activities, which include addressing issues regarding gender, children, disability, community development and the elderly. “The ministry has noted that closure…

Malawi child guardians censures private schools on plan to reopening schools

July 7, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi child guardians, under Children Owners Association of Malawi (COAM), has asked Independent Schools Association of Malawi (ISAMA) from allowing school administrators to reopen schools on July 13 as earlier suggested, saying life cannot wait but education can. ISAMA wrote a letter on July 4 advising all private schools to open schools that were closed over four months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 suggested a tentative date…

Government intensifies provision of ICT services in rural areas

June 17, 2020

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By Tikondane Vega, MANA Government on Monday said it will continue to prioritize provision of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in rural areas in order to connect all people to the globe world. Minister of Information, Civic Education and Communications Technology, Mark Botomani said this in Thyolo District during a ground breaking ceremony for the construction of Thyolo Central and Thyolo North Telecentres under the ‘Connect a Constituency Project’. Botomani said to achieve universal access to ICT in…