Month: November 2020 Posts

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… ...