Month: June 2017 Posts

UK for adequate qualified teachers in Malawi schools

Jun 27, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 13 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika, is today officially opening Phalombe Teachers Training College which was co-funded by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID). Head of DFID in Malawi, Jen Marshall, has earlier made the… ...

World Vision geared to end early marriages

Jun 24, 2017 Martha Chikoti 17 &

World Vision Malawi has introduced a sensitisation campaign which is involving faith leaders with the aim of reducing early marriages among girls in the country. World Vision National Director Hazel Nyathi said the organization has… ...

Malawi Education: Ministry of gender concerned over high dropout rate

Jun 24, 2017 Martha Chikoti 13 &

Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare has expressed worry over the number of pupils who drop out from primary schools in Malawi. Speaking to local media on the need to change Malawi primary… ...

Govt to construct new primary schools

Jun 21, 2017 Bright Malenga 35 &

As a way of boosting primary education, government of Malawi has announced that it will construct 13 primary schools in Blantyre, Zomba and Mzuzu. This was disclosed on Tuesday afternoon by Minister of Finance Goodall… ...

TUM hailed

Jun 19, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 9 &

Eye of Child has hailed Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) for allowing classes in public schools to resume even though some teachers are yet to receive their money. Primary and secondary school teachers were on… ...

Teachers to resume work tomorrow

Jun 18, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 31 &

The Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has called off the countrywide teacher's sit in which involved both primary and secondary school teachers. The strike which started on 5th June was aimed at forcing government to… ...

Government critics behind pupils’ protests, Police claim

Jun 14, 2017 Chikondi Magalasi 1 &

Malawi Police Service says some individuals sponsored primary school learners' protests which erupted in two districts on Monday and Tuesday. Learners in Ntcheu and Blantyre went to the streets in protest against government's failure to… ...