Month: January 2022 Posts

Ministry of Education awards three young people

Jan 05, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has today presented awards to three young people for their innovations. The 2021 Young Innovators Awards were held at the Ministry of Education headquarters in Lilongwe. The top three… ...

Malawi Government hikes teachers’ hardship allowances

Dec 31, 2021 Chisomo Phiri 0 &

Minister of Education Agnes Nyalonje has announced an increase in hardship allowances for all teachers who work in hard to reach schools. She made the announcement yesterday during the Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) 23rd… ...

Malawi Govt. to construct 34 top quality secondary schools

Dec 22, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has announced that government will construct 34 top quality secondary schools with multi-storey structures. One school will be constructed in each of the 34 Education Districts in Malawi. Chakwera, during a national… ...

226,809 candidates pass Malawi PSLCE exams, 98,753 pass JCE  

Dec 16, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has released results of the 2021 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) exams and Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) exams. Out of 270,576 who sat for PSLCE exams, 226,809… ...

Malawi Govt constructs 94 low-cost classrooms in schools

Dec 09, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi Ministry of Education says it has so far constructed 94 out of 383 low-cost classrooms as part of the COVID-19 response in the education sector. In February this year, government through the presidential… ...

Anger after Malawi Govt. announces interviews for primary school teachers

Dec 04, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Education Agnes NyaLonje Government has drawn the anger of teachers after announcing that it will conduct interviews to recruit Primary School Teachers. Government plans to recruit 2200 teachers who have successfully completed IPTE… ...

Auxiliary teachers told to continue working

Aug 26, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Ministry of Education has told 3,270 auxiliary teachers to continue working in their assigned schools. Secretary for Education Chikondano Mussa issued a statement yesterday on the status on of auxiliary teachers working in schools… ...

Government extends contracts for IPTE13 teachers

Jun 23, 2021 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Government of Malawi has extended for two months contracts for auxiliary teachers who were deployed across the country earlier this year. Government through the Ministries of Education and Local Government in February this year recruited… ...

IPTE 13 teachers demand jobs

Jun 15, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

IPTE 13 teachers  have demanded the Ministry of Education to employ them on permanent basis as their five month contract is coming to an end this month. The teachers have given the ministry two days… ...

World Bank approves $100 Million for skills development programs in Malawi

Jun 05, 2021 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

The World Bank has approved $100 million (about K80 billion) in financing for Malawi to support increased access, particularly for female students, to skills development programs in priority areas of the economy that are most… ...

National Teachers Policy to improve teachers’ promotion prospects

Jun 01, 2021 Guest Writer 0 &

Leah Chiweza Banda - MANA Teachers have hailed the National Teachers Policy (NTP) currently in consultation stage, saying the legislation will ease their career path in terms of promotion. Teachers from different districts in the… ...

Unemployed agriculture teachers cry foul

Mar 24, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Over 150 Diploma holders in Agriculture Education from LUANAR-NRC campus have appealed to Ministry of Education to raise the number teachers it intends to recruit, saying they will be left out if Government only recruits… ...

Learners will not be vaccinated – Education Ministry

Mar 13, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Ministry of Education say learners under the age of 18 will not be vaccinated but teachers will be among workers to be prioritized for the Covid-19 vaccine. This is according to a statement dated… ...

Chakwera removes Education PS who ended Teachers’ strike

Mar 10, 2021 Russell Kondowe 1 &

The Principal Secretary of Administration for Education who successfully negotiated with teachers to end their strike has been kicked out of the Education Ministry. Kiswell Dakamau has confirmed his removal from the Ministry but has… ...

TUM settles for K10,000 allowance

Mar 09, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has reportedly accepted K10,000 in Covid-19 allowances for each teacher. The union led a two week nationwide teachers’ strike, demanding K35,000 monthly risk allowance for each teacher. This would have… ...