Education Archives

Youths urged to be innovative

Jun 17, 2019 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Youths in the country have been urged to be innovative if they are to make significant economic strides. Business magnate and managing director of Sky group of companies Schizzo Thomson made the call during a… ...

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)… ...

Plan, Team Adventure donate desks to Chisi Primary School

May 08, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Standard 8 learners at Chisi Primary School, located on Chisi Island, Lake Chilwa will finally write their national examinations on desks following a donation of 20 double seater desks from Team Adventure with support from… ...

11 learners injured as classroom collapses

Jan 23, 2019 Russell Kondowe 1 &

Eleven learners at a government owned primary school primary school in Lilongwe have been injured after their classroom fell on them. The pupils injured have been treated as outpatients at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe. The incident… ...

Teachers worried over confusion on fees abolition

Jan 02, 2019 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Secondary school teachers teaching in rural areas have expressed fear that parents will accuse them of stealing money owing to rickety information on government's decision to abolish tuition fees. Government in September last year abolished… ...

Malawi education: Poverty major cause for school dropouts

Jan 02, 2019 Luke Bisani 0 &

When going towards the South West of Lilongwe in Traditional Authority (TA) Malili, one comes across a school which is surrounded by 20 small villages with over 80 households in each village. Zapita is one… ...

Huge funding gap affecting education – CSEC

Dec 26, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has asked government to allocate 15 percent of Value Added Tax (VAT) to education to deal with funding gaps in the sector. The organisation's Program Manager Kisa Kumwenda said this… ...