Month: August 2018 Posts

79 percent pass PSCLE

Aug 11, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 10 &

The Ministry of Education and the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) yesterday released the 2018 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) exams results. Out of the 279, 084 candidates who sat for this year’s… ...

MANEB says students will not re-sit MSCE exams

Jul 05, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 7 &

The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has refuted social media speculations that students will re-sit for the 2018 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations in November this year. A screenshot of a post on… ...

DPP’s generosity: Money goes to beer not education

May 18, 2018 Luke Bisani 4 &

Days after President Peter Mutharika partied with college students, social media was stormed with pictures of students sitting for Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education exams in unfavourable conditions. The pictures show students sitting on… ...

School director in for stealing exam money

May 17, 2018 Martha Chikoti 2 &

Thirty six candidates in Blantyre are not sitting for the ongoing Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) exams after their school's director stole their exam money. The pupils discovered on Sunday that their school… ...

Teachers happy with invigilation allowance payment

Dec 15, 2017 Luke Bisani 19 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has applauded the Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) for its plans to pay in advance teachers who are to be invigilating national exams next year. MANEB Executive Director Gerald Chiunda… ...

Breaking: MSCE results out

Oct 11, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

The Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examination results are now out. According to a statement from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the pass rate this year is at 61.66%. Out of 136,247… ...

Son writes MSCE on father’s behalf

Jul 05, 2017 Bright Malenga 49 &

A 47-year-old man who works as a clerk at Mchinji District Council is in police custody together with his son after he wilfully hired the son to sit for the Malawi School Certificate of Education… ...

Two arrested over exam malpractices

Jul 01, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 18 &

Lilongwe and Ntcheu are the first districts to register cases of malpractice in the second week of the ongoing Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams. Police in the capital city, Lilongwe on Wednesday arrested… ...

Maneb to disregard Muslim eid holiday

Jun 23, 2017 Bright Malenga 332 &

The Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) has said that Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams will go on as planned on Monday despite the day being declared a public holiday. Government announced on Thursday… ...

Teachers to run MSCE using their own hard earned money again

Jun 22, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 57 &

Teachers’ troubles continue as Malawi Examinations Board (Maneb) has told them that they will invigilate Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations without receiving their allowances in advance. According to a letter from Maneb Acting… ...

PSLCE starts Wednesday: Maneb asks for tipoffs on any malpractice

May 16, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 43 &

Senior primary school pupils in the country will on Wednesday start sitting for this year's Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) exams. Over 271,000 candidates registered for the 2017 PSLCE exams. In an interview… ...

MANEB starts paying 2016 exam supervisors

Mar 24, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

The Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) has begun paying allowances to teachers and police officers who took part in examination supervision last year. Over the part months, teachers have been complaining over the allowances. But… ...

Schools urged to verify candidates’ details

Mar 15, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has urged schools in the country to recheck the details of candidates before the commencement of national exams. This comes a few months before students sit for Primary School… ...

MANEB in anti-cheating campaign

Feb 02, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 2 &

In a bid to sensitize the public about the evils of examination fraud, the Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) is conducting an anti-exam cheating campaign. MANEB Public Relations Officer, Simeon Maganga, told the local media… ...

Maneb gets tough on independent examination body

Nov 27, 2016 Luke Bisani 1 &

....stops it from using Maneb logo The Malawi National Examination Board (Maneb) has warned the newly formed National Independent Academic Examination Council (NIAEC) over unauthorized use of the Maneb logo on its sample certificates to… ...