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… ...

Secondary selection: Central Region beats the North, South combined

Jan 07, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The number of students from the Central Region selected to secondary schools nearly beats the total number of students from the North and South, just falling shy with two students. It is currently not established… ...

No Act of Parliament needed on quota abolishment – Govt

Mar 07, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology says an Act of Parliament is not required for the abolishment of quota system to be valid since a verbal pronouncement is enough. Principal Secretary in the Ministry… ...

Government abolishes quota, reintroduces JCE

Feb 27, 2020 Russell Chimbayo 0 &

Government, through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has abolished the quota system of selecting students to public universities and has reintroduced the Junior Certificate of Education (JCE). Minister of Education, Science and Technology,… ...

Govt accused of secretly using quota in secondary school selection

Jan 13, 2020 Richard Jimu 1 &

Anti-quota protesters have accused the President Peter Mutharika administration of secretly using quota system in selection of students to public secondary schools. Today, the protesters demonstrated in Mzuzu to show their anger over the continued… ...

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… ...

Govt scraps quota system in Form One selection

Oct 23, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Government says it will no longer use quota system when allocating public secondary school places to students. The Ministry of Education said this in a statement on Tuesday signed by Secretary for Education, Science and… ...

Unrest in Rumphi, Kasungu

Sep 27, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Police on Thursday fired teargas to disperse crowds in Rumphi and Kasungu who were protesting against different issues. In Rumphi, demonstrators were marching against the quota system of selecting students to secondary schools. When the… ...

Second anti-quota demos held in Mzuzu

Sep 26, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Protesters agitating for the abolishment of the quota system marched today in Mzuzu. The demonstrations were organized by the Quota Must Fall Movement which wants government to stop using the quota system when selecting students… ...

Yeremiah Chihana scheming to be North’s political Goliath

Sep 23, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Yeremiah Chihana, the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) Member of Parliament, is using his private members motion for Malawi to adopt federal system of government as a scheme to become the Northern Region's political giant. The… ...

Anti-quota group agrees to dialogue with government

Sep 16, 2019 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Quota Must Fall Movement, a group that organized demonstrations against the quota system, has ditched plans to block students from learning in favour of dialogue with the government. The group held demonstrations last week… ...

MCP demands suspension of PSLCE results

Aug 09, 2019 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has demanded an immediate suspension of Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) results. Speaking during a press briefing at the party's headquarters in Lilongwe earlier today, MCP vice president Sidik… ...

Govt is dominated by one tribe – Usi

Mar 30, 2019 Madalitso Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

UTM running mate Michael Bisiwiki Usi has said one tribe dominates in government sectors, something which UTM will change. Usi made his comment without hitting the nail on the head in Chitipa district during a… ...

Chilima promises to turn Mangochi into a city

Aug 19, 2018 Macmillan Mhone 8 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has revealed plans to turn Mangochi town into a city if he is elected as president next year. Chilima who is also leader of the United Transformation Movement (UTM) made the… ...