Education Archives

Teachers with master’s degrees demand promotions

Oct 16, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Teachers with master’s degrees have demanded promotions, saying they are still teaching in government secondary schools despite upgrading their qualifications. Over 100 teachers teaching in secondary schools and some in government owned colleges petitioned Parliament… ...

Period poverty ravaging Malawi

Oct 14, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Menstruation brings many challenges to girls who come from underprivileged families as they face stigma due to lack of sanitary pads and are unable to integrate and attend classes. Period poverty is a barrier to… ...

MP Kingstone adopts girl who wore mask made from milk packet

Oct 13, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Member of Parliament for Mangochi Central Victoria Kingstone has adopted a learner who wore an unsafe mask made from a milk packet. According to Kingstone, she has traced the girl identified as Amina and will… ...

Chakwera concerned over low number of female teachers in rural areas

Oct 12, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed concern over gender inequality in the teaching workforce and the low number of female teachers in rural areas. Chakwera made the remarks in his address on Sunday for the International… ...

DC commends DPP MP for managing CDF well

Oct 11, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka District Commissioner for Zomba district council Dr. Smart Gwedemula has commended Member of Parliament for Zomba Malosa Grace Kwelepeta for proper management of Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Gwedemula said this during official… ...

St Andrews Head teacher accused of mistreating juniors

Oct 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

St Andrews Primary School Head Teacher David Marriot has been accused of mistreating Teaching Assistants, with some of them alleging that they were sent on forced leave without what they considered to be valid reasons.… ...

NGO engages students on harmful cultural practices

Oct 04, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

A non-governmental organization has engaged students in secondary schools in Thyolo on harmful cultural practices which affect girl child education. Through the discussions, the Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD) has discovered that initiation… ...