Month: May 2019 Posts

Delay of funds continue to affect Malawi education sector

May 30, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Delay of funds to the education sector has been singled out as one of the major factors contributing to lack of quality education in primary schools. This was stated by Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC)… ...

CSEC to meet leading parties on inclusive education

Mar 09, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) will engage political parties ahead of the elections to ensure that the next government fulfils its promises on education. This was said during a validation meeting for the draft position… ...

Poor MSCE exam performance worries CSEC

Oct 18, 2018 Luke Bisani 0 &

Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has expressed worry over poor performance of candidates in the 2018 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations. The 2018 MSCE results show that no candidate scooped an aggregate of… ...

Inclusive education important to achieving SDG4 – CSEC

Aug 06, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Ensuring inclusive and equitable education has been pointed out as an important step towards achieving sustainable development goal number 4 (SDG4). Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) said this on Friday in Lilongwe during a policy… ...

CSEC worried by poor condition of schools

Jul 16, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has expressed concern over poor condition of schools in Malawi saying the bad state of schools is evidence that political leaders in the country use taxpayers’ money to enrich… ...

Youth asked to choose transformational leaders

Jun 28, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

As the 2019 Tripartite Elections are drawing closer, youths in the country have been asked to utilize their knowledge in making good decisions so that they should choose leaders who will bring change to this… ...

Activist happy with UNIMA unbundling

Aug 10, 2017 Luke Bisani 1 &

Education activist Benedicto Kondowe has applauded government’s decision to delink constituent colleges from University of Malawi (UNIMA). President Peter Mutharika approved the delinking of four constituent colleges from UNIMA this week. Commenting on the unbundling… ...

Government asked to show interest in education sector

Jan 04, 2017 Martha Chikoti 3 &

The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has asked the Malawi government to show interest in addressing challenges the education sector is facing. The statement has been brought forward by the organisation’s Executive Director Benedicto Kondowe.… ...

Emulate Luanar, public colleges told

Nov 23, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 0 &

The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) says public universities in the country should emulate the example of Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) which has raised K21 billion over the past four years… ...

UNIMA woes : Expert worried over prolonged university closure

Oct 19, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 3 &

One of the country's renown education experts has expressed disappointment over the prolonged closure of some public universities. According to the education commentator, Benedicto Kondowe this is very dengerous to the country's education sector. Kondowe… ...

Expert faults govt over mobile labs in Malawi Schools

Sep 01, 2016 Luke Bisani 3 &

An Education expert in Malawi has faulted Malawi government through the ministry of education for channeling few resources towards the mobile laboratory program that targets community day secondary schools. The development comes at a time… ...

Govt urged to deploy more teachers to rural schools

Jul 29, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 32 &

Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has asked government to prioritise recruitment of more teachers to work in rural areas in order to achieve balance in education in the country. This is coming at a time… ...

Activist blasts Unima fee hike 

May 18, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 49 &

One of the country's education commentators has blasted the University of Malawi's (Unima) decision to hike fees for mature entry students. The commentator, Benedicto Kondowe said the fee hike is not a welcome development considering… ...

‘Malawi government is irresponsible’

Dec 05, 2015 Victoria Milanzi 6 &

One of the country’s activists, Benedicto Kondowe, has added his voice to the growing opposition against government’s failure to table the Access to Information (ATI) bill in the current sitting of Parliament. At the opening… ...

Expert commends abolishment of loans in state run universities

Sep 21, 2015 Happy Arnold Soko 20 &

The University of Malawi crafted Higher Education Students' Loan aimed to benefit students attending Government Universities has for the past years heavily been politicized, critics argue. Malawi government introduced loan scheme to students at state-run… ...