Month: January 2021 Posts

225, 387 learners pass Malawi PSLCE exams, 38 percent selected to secondary schools

Jan 04, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Ministry of Education has announced the Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) exam results which shows that out of 277, 007 candidates, 225, 387 have passed representing 81.37 percent pass rate, the highest… ...

Malawi soldiers engaged to provide MSCE exam security

Dec 08, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has been engaged to provide security during preparations for and administration of Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams. Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) acting executive director Dorothy Nampota has… ...

Form Four students to return to school on December 28

Nov 23, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Ministry of Education has directed that Form Four student should return to school on December 28 and the students will sit for the fresh Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams within a month… ...

Maneb boss Chiunda suspended

Nov 12, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) has suspended Executive Director Gerald Axel Chiunda over gross negligence which led to the leakage of the 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations. According to a letter… ...

Talking Blues: Let the MSCE and NOCMA fiascos serve as Chakwera’s wake-up call

Nov 08, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Yet to be written is the story of Malawi Congress Party (MCP)’s perseverance when most of its liberation peers have since gone into oblivion. MCP’s history is pregnant with lessons. Not only has MCP survived,… ...

Chakwera orders MANEB to hold fresh exams no later than January

Nov 05, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says the fresh Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams must be administered no later than January. The Malawi leader was speaking on Thursday in a national address on the cancellation of… ...

Nankhumwa calls for commission of inquiry on exam leakage

Nov 05, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has called on President Lazarus Chakwera to immediately set up a Commission of Inquiry in order to find out the cause of the leakage of examination papers. He made the… ...

HRDC wants MSCE exams re-administered in a month’s time

Nov 04, 2020 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has ordered the Malawi government to re-administer the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams in a month's time. HRDC says the proposed timeframe by government is too long… ...

MSCE exam cancellation angers students

Nov 04, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Form Four students across the country staged protests over the cancellation of Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams. Students in Lilongwe took to the streets to protest following the announcement as they blocked roads… ...

Malawi Secondary School exams cancelled over leakage

Nov 04, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has cancelled the 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams. MANEB has taken the decision following leakage of examinations papers. Speaking at a press briefing today, Minister of… ...

Government pleads for calm as examination papers continue to leak

Nov 03, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Government through the Ministry of Education has asked for calm as Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examination papers continue to leak. In a statement today reacting to the leakage of the papers, Principal… ...

MANEB confirms exam leakage

Nov 03, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has confirmed the leakage of Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examination papers. Students started sitting for the examinations last week and some papers have been circulating on social… ...

Commentators say exam calendar favours privileged students

Sep 07, 2020 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Commentators have argued that students from privileged families have an advantage in the impending exams. Schools have opened today only for classes that are due to sit for exams, after a five-month Covid-19 break. The… ...

MANEB releases MSCE exam results

Sep 02, 2019 Luke Bisani 4 &

…One candidate gets six points Malawi’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology through Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) has released the 2019 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examination results. According to a statement signed… ...

Anti-cybercrime experts uncover MSCE exam leakers

Feb 17, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) says anti-cybercrime experts from South Africa it engaged have uncovered five suspects linked to the leakage of three papers in the 2018 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations. The… ...