Month: May 2020 Posts

Schools not opening – Ministry of Education

May 14, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The Ministry of Education has announced that schools in Malawi will remain closed. The announcement has come after a stakeholders meeting that wanted to ponder on the possible re-opening of schools. According to a statement… ...

Airtel, TNM facilitate e-learning for students in Malawi

Apr 21, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Airtel and TNM have agreed to provide free internet for secondary school students to be able to access lessons. The initiative is part of the Ministry of Education's efforts to make sure students in the… ...

Malawi schools to stay closed

Apr 03, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Education, Science and Technology William Susuwele Banda says schools across the country will remain closed until government is sure that students and teachers will be safe. Banda was speaking on Thursday in reaction… ...

Malawi Govt happy with CUNIMA’s initiatives towards quality education

Mar 27, 2020 Luke Bisani 0 &

Malawi Government, through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has expressed satisfaction with initiatives undertaken by the Catholic University of Malawi towards achieving quality education in the country. Speaking after touring the University on… ...

Ministry of Education given 19 vehicles

Feb 22, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

  The Ministry of Education has received 19 vehicles worth MK928, 000,000 which will be given to education divisions and public institutions of higher learning. The vehicles have been procured through the Equity with Quality… ...

Malawi Govt accepts defeat on quota system: Form 1 second selection results out

Dec 27, 2019 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has used the merit system to select students to secondary schools. In the Form One Second selection, a total number of 17,831 students have been selected into various… ...

Unpaid teachers to get December salaries before January 31st – Govt

Dec 26, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Government says teachers who are yet to be paid after being struck off the payroll will get their salaries before the end of January if they submit their national identity cards. In a statement on… ...

Minister blames NGOs for violence in schools

Nov 12, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Dr William Susuwele Banda, has accused Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOS) of fuelling acts of violence in schools in the country. Banda made the claim Monday when he officially opened a… ...

Thyolo, BSS, students to pay for damage

Oct 19, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Minister of Education William Susuwele-Banda says students of Thyolo and Blantyre Secondary Schools will be ordered to pay for damaging their schools. He was speaking at a press briefing in Lilongwe on Saturday. The two… ...

Desperation! DPP government promotes dead and ghost teachers

Apr 09, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

In a bid to appease teachers before the May elections, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government has promoted dead teachers. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) Principal Secretary Justin Saidi has confirmed that some… ...

Breaking: Government promotes 20 thousand teachers

Apr 03, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

The Malawi government has promoted up to 20,000 teachers effective this month, it has been confirmed. This has been confirmed by Principal Secretaries in the Education and Local Government Ministries Justin Saidi and Charles Kalemba… ...

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… ...

Ministry of Education Director loses job for stealing K300,000

Apr 21, 2018 Bright Malenga 6 &

Acting Director of Science and Technology in the Ministry of Education has lost his job after being convicted of stealing K300,000 which he used to repay a K70,000 loan. The government official Patrick Mphadzula was… ...

School Improvement Grant Irony

Apr 19, 2018 Juliet Mlowoka Chirwa 0 &

Melina Msiska had little knowledge let alone involvement about the School Improvement Grant (SIG) until the day she found herself being imposed as the treasure of the committee for Mnthonje Primary School in Chizungu zone… ...

Msaka to contest in Machinga Likwenu

Feb 13, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 10 &

Education, Science and Technology Minister Bright Msaka has promised to bring development to Machinga Likwenu as he heightens his ambition to become Member of Parliament for the area. A general election to elect the country's… ...