Month: January 2021 Posts

Talking Blues Xtra: Merit or quota?

Jan 17, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

The Ministry of Education is under attack. The issue? The selection of the 2019/20 PSLCE candidates to national secondary schools whose allocation of students to Malawi’s 24 national secondary schools is as below: Northern Education… ...

No foul play in Form 1 selection process, Ministry of Education says

Jan 12, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Ministry of Education has insisted that there was no foul play in the selection of learners to national secondary schools. The ministry oriented members of the press in Lilongwe on Monday to explain the… ...

Ombudsman to audit Form 1 selection

Jan 10, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Office of the Ombudsman will audit the 2019/20 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examinations and secondary school selection following accusations of favouritism. The Ministry of Education has revealed this, noting that there… ...

225, 387 learners pass Malawi PSLCE exams, 38 percent selected to secondary schools

Jan 04, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Ministry of Education has announced the Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) exam results which shows that out of 277, 007 candidates, 225, 387 have passed representing 81.37 percent pass rate, the highest… ...

Form Four students to return to school on December 28

Nov 23, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Ministry of Education has directed that Form Four student should return to school on December 28 and the students will sit for the fresh Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams within a month… ...

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… ...

Chakwera concerned over low number of female teachers in rural areas

Oct 12, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed concern over gender inequality in the teaching workforce and the low number of female teachers in rural areas. Chakwera made the remarks in his address on Sunday for the International… ...