Month: April 2021 Posts

MANEB extends registration for 2021 exams

Apr 05, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Malawi National Examination Board (Maneb) says the extension of the registration period is an opportunity for students who failed the 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams. The new deadline for registration is… ...

More than half of candidates fail MSCE exams

Apr 01, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

About 59 percent of the candidates who sat for Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams have failed. Government through Ministry of Education and Malawi National Examinations Board has announced results of the 2020 MSCE… ...

Chiunda, three others to remain in cell

Feb 04, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Senior Resident Magistrate court in Zomba will make a bail ruling on Tuesday in the case in which suspended Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) Executive Director Gerald Chiunda and three others are… ...

Former Maneb boss arrested over exam leakage

Feb 03, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police have arrested former executive director of Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) Gerald Chiunda over leakage of Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams. Eastern Region Police spokesperson Joseph Sauka has confirmed that police are… ...

MANEB says security tight for fresh exams

Dec 24, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) Acting Executive Director, Professor Dorothy Nampota, says security is tight for the fresh exams and Malawians should not expect another examination leakage. Nampota made the remarks during a press briefing… ...

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… ...

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,… ...

Primary school teachers threaten to withhold PSLCE papers

Nov 07, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Over 180 primary school teachers who were marking 2020 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examination in Zomba have expressed concern over the amount of money Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB)… ...

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… ...

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… ...