The University of Malawi (UNIMA) Council has postponed the opening date for The Malawi Polytechnic after students obtained an injunction allowing them not to pay the recently hiked fees.
The college was set to open for the start of a new academic year on 3rd October for new students who would have been joined by continuing students on October 10 but UNIMA has deferred the opening date in order to resolve the fees issue.
“Council of the University of Malawi regrets to inform all new and continuing students at The Polytechnic that the opening of their college which was scheduled for 3rd October 2016 for new students and 10th October 2016 for continuing students, has been postponed to a date to be communicated later.
“This is due to the need for the Council and the Polytechnic Students Union to resolve the tuition fees matter which is currently in court,” reads a statement from the UNIMA Council.
The development suggests that the council will work on having the injunction vacated first before announcing a new date for the opening of the college
Earlier this week, the High Court in Blantyre granted the students the injunction after they argued that due to delays in the Polytechnic academic calendar, the college is still in 2015/2016 academic year and not in the 2016/2017 academic year when the new fees structure will be effected.
The University council raised the fees from K55,000 for government sponsored and K250,00 for self-sponsored students to K350,000 but the injunction allows students at the Polytechnic to pay the old fees structure.
I saw this coming……i bliv u foresaw it as well b4 u got de injunction. 8 years for someone to pursue a 4yr degree
Sinaone anachezelesa nkumuonesa. Wathawa ana ache kunamizira kudwala kkkkkkkkkkk Kuba kumatero
Aphwanga ingopitani ku xool mkomwe komwe mukamalixa xool mmakhala mwabwana chinachilichonse company kukupangirani ndiye mukufuna malipiro a xool.akhale otchipa?moyo unadula tivomerexe basi pita ku xool ma jekisoni mukutengawo palibe athandizike mkomwekomweso mukakhala mabwana macompany mu mukumapondereza ma junior akt chifukwa inu munapita kucollege movutikira ndiye zidximatch pitani ndithu
Malawi usovenge, thts the approach by this govnt. Thts wot we voted for unfortunately it will be repeated in th next election. Check me
Mphavu ku anthu asowe.
asowe ambwiyako mbuzi iwe?
kama guys!!!!!! tiziganixiranapo nthawi zina
kama guys!!!!!! tiziganixiranapo nthawi zina
Fees hike now is a global issue even in S. africa there is the same issue
Fees hike now is a global issue even in S. africa there is the same issue
Our economies are different(with south Africa)! Have they raised with 300% as our case here? Certain comparisons don’t make any sense(no offence meant)
I think there is misunderstanding am not comparing our economy to S. Africa economy or to other countries economy and yet fees hike is not only in S. Africa or in Malawi but that is a Global issue ,
aziona,,,,,
u u
kkkk! mumatiseka2 paja,,,,muzale kaye ife tizangofikira kupalira
mwana iwe wandionjeza heavy
kkkkk!! mumangomva injuction et? mukanamufunsa ayuba wathu akanakuuzani,,,,,kkkk! angokupherani mmadzira,,. #sory
This is Malawi “TIMA” so how many years at college
Koma ndiye tikuzuzika bwanji maluzi atikwapule njalaso itikunthe, nzipatala tilipile, andale amenyane, boma litibele cash gat aaaaaaaa Malawi want to suffer
they are there as just f**kin thieves.
Useless Council, managed by incompetent persons like those at ESCOM
When you live in a glass house. So who suffers with the injunction obtained? Wisdom imafunika
Ife amalawi chomwe tingaziwe mchoti,president wathuyu sadakulile kuno kumalawi kotelo nthawi yake ikazatha azabwelelaso ku america atangotidyeladyela kotelo tizikhala ochenjela.
As somebody is clinging to stay in USA. Kuthawa ana ali ndi njala, ndinu bambo wamtundu wanji?
Zimatelo ngati boma labalalika and sizisiya mpaka wina atule pansi udindo
UNIMA requires overhauling