The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has expressed satisfaction over the way this year’s Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations have started.
MSCE exams started on Thursday but there were several hiccups which could have seen the exams being postponed.
According to the MANEB spokesperson Simeon Maganga, the board is excited that everything has started as planned.
Maganga further said the other impressive thing is that this year the board has registered more students who are sitting for the exams than last year.
“The 2017 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examination have started well. This year, over 146,000 candidates are sitting for MSCE examination and the board expects that things will end well without cases of cheating,” said Maganga.
There was a threat that the exams could have been postponed as both primary and secondary school teachers were on strike last week to force government to give them their 2016/2017 leave grants.
Another threat came on Wednesday when the board revealed that it does not have money to pay teachers their invigilation allowances.
Meanwhile, despite Monday being a public holiday as there will be Eid Ul-Fitr celebrations, MANEB says candidates will not observe the public holiday and the exams will go on.
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They are impresed with what? The papers are already all over the social networks.It has just become a culture now that every year the students should be having the papers before the actual day of writing.
mangochi
sanayambe kubera?nanga owuzira sanayambe kt apeze yodyera smwat petulo sanawatsile diso
Your peter mathalika knows zero about the future of the youth ,what he knows most is just to make banks on his on pockets
All these things where were thy by the tym malawi was really malawi?
invigilators and supevisors are in problems.Chakudya,pogona ndi transiport.Maneb siyinapereke ndalama.
but àm dissapointed with arrangements on pràcticaĺs . most schools travel lonģer dist1nces to do praćtiçals this is so bad . its very unfortunate for maneb to claim that they hàve staŕted wèll, alorry carŕyinģ aclass of over 30 learners overturned as they were traveĺling from màyamàmuĺa CDSS to Eđiñgeni ÇDSS and several suštàiniñg injuries that they cañt coñtinue exams
thats Malawi says things are better while not.shame
all the best ma fellow friends from Malawi whose involved including ma gal friend, ife inatikanika