Month: June 2021 Posts

JTI, Japan introduce scholarship for Malawian students

Jun 27, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

JTI Leaf Malawi and the Embassy of Japan have announced a new scholarship program for young Malawians which will commence in 2022. The program will pay for the selected scholar to study a master’s degree… ...

Government extends contracts for IPTE13 teachers

Jun 23, 2021 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Government of Malawi has extended for two months contracts for auxiliary teachers who were deployed across the country earlier this year. Government through the Ministries of Education and Local Government in February this year recruited… ...

Reverend accused of leaking exam papers to girlfriend at Anglican training centre

Jun 18, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Management of Chilema Ecumenical Training and Conference Centre (CETCC) at Malosa in Zomba was forced to re-administer  examinations after a Reverend at the training centre leaked exam papers to a girlfriend. On Wednesday, a lady… ...

Christians, Muslims sign MOU on wearing of hijabs in schools

Jun 18, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Muslims and Christians in the country have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) which allows female Muslim learners to wear hijabs in public and Christian-owned schools. The development follows recent ugly scenes where Muslim learners… ...

HHI Secondary School closed over students’ indiscipline

Jun 14, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Henry Henderson Institute (HHI) Mission Secondary School in Blantyre has been closed indefinitely over unruly behavior from students. “With regret, HHI Mission Secondary School (main campus) management hereby announces an immediate and indefinite closure of… ...

UK pledges £430 million for children’s education

Jun 13, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

The United Kingdom has announced £430 million (about K485 billion) of new UK aid to help children in 90 lower income countries, such as Malawi, access education. The funding announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson… ...

Airtel donates bicycles to students under 2 wheels 2 schools project

Jun 13, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Airtel Malawi has donated ten bicycles and other school materials to ten needy students at Kadabwako Community Day Secondary School in Nsanje under 2 wheels 2 schools project. Speaking during the donation ceremony in Nsanje… ...

MUBAS students protest K20,000 per day late registration fee

Jun 11, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Students from the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) formerly the Polytechnic are protesting against the introduction of MK 20,000 penalty fee for late registration. According to a Memo from the University Registrar,… ...

World Bank approves $100 Million for skills development programs in Malawi

Jun 05, 2021 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

The World Bank has approved $100 million (about K80 billion) in financing for Malawi to support increased access, particularly for female students, to skills development programs in priority areas of the economy that are most… ...

Police, robbers in shootout at UNIMA campus

Jun 03, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police and robbers were involved in a shootout at University of Malawi (UNIMA) campus in Zomba this afternoon. According to a statement by Vice Principal of the University Dr Mervis Kamanga, the shootout happened at… ...

Mzuzu lecturers fight after class timetable clash

Jun 03, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Mzuzu University lecturers got into a verbal fight in front of students after their timetable led the two lecturers to the same classroom. A video shared on the social media show the two lecturers exchanging… ...

St Luke’s college lecturers strike over allowances

Jun 03, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Chikondi Kasichi Lecturers at St Luke's College of Nursing under Anglican Diocese of Upper Shire on Thursday started strike over unpaid allowances. According to one of the lecturers who opted for anonymity, the teaching… ...

Chakwera has widened access to education for all in Malawi – RUFORUM  

Jun 01, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), which has named President Lazarus Chakwera as a champion for higher education in Africa, says the Malawi leader has widened access to education for all… ...

National Teachers Policy to improve teachers’ promotion prospects

Jun 01, 2021 Guest Writer 0 &

Leah Chiweza Banda - MANA Teachers have hailed the National Teachers Policy (NTP) currently in consultation stage, saying the legislation will ease their career path in terms of promotion. Teachers from different districts in the… ...

Bushiri donates K10 million to school feeding programme: Malawians salutes his spirit

May 31, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has made another robust contribution to the education sector in the country by donating K10 million to a project aimed at providing free meals to primary school pupils in rural areas to… ...