Month: August 2020 Posts

Mini-Me Montessori Nursery and Primary School introduces e-learning classes

Aug 13, 2020 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 1 &

As the uncertainty surrounding the re-opening of schools continue due to Covid-19 pandemic,  Mini-Me Montessori Nursery  and Primary School has diverted to e-learning from toddlers to full primary classes. The development comes in at a… ...

Pentecostal Life University charging K100 thousand for online graduation

Aug 10, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Pentecostal Life University (PLU) is demanding students to pay K100,000 in order to participate in an online graduation. Registrar of the University Dr. Austine Owen Luhanga, has confirmed that only students who will pay the… ...

Primary School learners in Mchinji petition chief over child marriages

Aug 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Primary School learners under Senior Chief Dambe in Mchinji have petitioned traditional leaders, demanding immediate action following rising cases of child marriages and teenage pregnancies in the area. Through the petition presented to Senior Chief… ...

Columbia Commonwealth University accreditation smacks of corruption, says law professor

Aug 04, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Professor of Law Danwood Chirwa says Columbia Commonwealth University (CCU) is a well-known fake university and its accreditation in Malawi smacks of corruption. Chirwa who is Dean of Law at University of Cape Town in… ...

Cost of data in Malawi is prohibitive – Chakwera

Aug 03, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says the high cost of data in Malawi is one of the challenges affecting the implementation of online learning programmes at this time when schools are closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.… ...

Education system needs a rethink – Minister

Jul 24, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Minister of Education, Agnes Nyalonje, says that the country's education system from pre-school to tertiary level needs a rethink. Nyalonje said this on Wednesday when she, together with her deputy Madalitso Kambauwa, met a delegation… ...

University online learning ‘discriminatory;: Parents seek Govt’s intervention

Jul 16, 2020 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Some parents living in rural areas have described the decision to introducing online learning by universities in the country as discriminatory and have asked government to intervene. The reaction comes in the face of online… ...