Education Archives

Plan B: Malawian teen commits suicide to escape school

Feb 05, 2016 Thula Chisamba 63 &

A sombre mood has swallowed up Dumbulila village in Nkhatabay where a 15 year-old boy was found dead after hanging himself. According to a suicide note, the boy, Chrispine Mwale, said he wanted to escape… ...

Pupils learning under a rock in Kasungu

Feb 05, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 275 &

A picture of pupils learning under a rock in Kasungu has been making rounds on social media. In the picture, a teacher is teaching standard five students at Katope School in the district; the pupils… ...

Sex for fun: Girls’ hostels turned into ‘brothels’ in Mzimba

Jan 29, 2016 Thula Chisamba 282 &

At a time when girls in Malawi are bieng urged to pull up their socks on education, breath taking revelations show that self-boarding girls at Luviri Community Day Secondary School in Mzimba district have turned… ...

Evil teacher caught raping pupil in Chitipa

Jan 29, 2016 Thula Chisamba 27 &

A Malawian Primary school teacher teacher at Lyafwa School in Chitipa district has been caught forcing himself on his standard eight pupil. A source told Malawi24 on Thursday that the teacher had been proposing love… ...

Maneb introduces new weapon in fight against cheating

Jan 25, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 55 &

In a bid to end the vice that threatens the credibility of its annual exams, the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has announced a new way that will help stop cheaters in their tracks. As… ...

SA based Malawian men fuelling school dropout rates in Mzimba

Jan 23, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 102 &

A study conducted by Plan Malawi in Mzimba has revealed that Malawian men who are based in South Africa are contributing to high school dropouts among girls in some areas in the district. This was… ...

South African school refuses to register Malawian children

Jan 20, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 473 &

Malawians who want to illegally stay in South Africa so that their children should get educated in the country will have to think twice as some schools in the rainbow country have started to bar… ...