primary school Archives

Minister’s remarks on education standards draw ire of Malawians

Feb 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Dr. William Susuwele-Banda’s remarks about the standards of education in public schools have angered Malawians on social media. Malawians have condemned the minister for speaking highly of education standards… ...

Children in Mtandire inspired to create digital solutions

Feb 10, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

At least 33 children from Mtandire, a peri-urban area in Lilongwe city, have created prototypes of digital technologies that can solve problems facing their community and the country. The children used a tiny computer chip… ...

Police arrest 22 people for looting shops in Mponela

Jan 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police at Mponela in Dowa have arrested 22 people for looting shops and offices during demonstrations by learners at Mponela Trading Centre. The pupils conducted the demonstrations on Wednesday demanding the government to pay teachers… ...

Learners demand Govt to pay teachers

Jan 21, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Primary School learners are demanding government to pay teachers saying the strike being staged by the teachers is affecting their education. In Mzuzu this morning, learners from Katoto, St Andrews, Zolozolo and other primary schools… ...

Youth group donates to primary schools

Jan 20, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

In a bid to help achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 on quality education for all, a youth group dubbed as Youth for Change (Y4C) has embarked on an initiative of donating assorted items to… ...

Malawians tell Melania Trump off

Jan 07, 2020 Russell Kondowe 2 &

Malawians have criticized the design of a school block built in Lilongwe by a member of United States First Lady Melania Trump’s team. A member of Trump’s advance team identified as Carolina raised money to… ...

Pupils learning under trees near toilets in Chikwawa

Dec 11, 2019 Bwemba Jameson 0 &

Pupils at Namalindi Primary School in Chikwawa learn under trees which are near toilets due to shortage of school blocks. At this school, which is in the area of Traditional Authority Katunga, pupils learn under… ...

Government asked to increase funding to primary schools

Nov 08, 2019 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

Government has been asked to increase funding to primary schools as one way of improving standards of education in Malawi. A primary school headteacher made the call in Karonga during a media tour that Malawi… ...

Learners taught about sexual health

Oct 14, 2019 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Primary School learners in Phalombe have been taught issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) so that they should be able to avoid getting early pregnancies and contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This… ...

Airtel hands over classroom, donates desks to school in Salima

Jun 29, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Airtel Malawi on Thursday handed over three school blocks to Salima Primary School. The company also donated 180 desks to the school. Salima Primary School was adopted by Airtel Malawi as one of the schools… ...

Govt under fire for ignoring abuse of school funds

Nov 04, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

Primary school teachers in the country have accused government of not listening to calls from organisations to bring to book headteachers and school management committees suspected of mismanaging School Improvement Grant (SIG). The teachers alleged… ...