Month: May 2023 Posts

Illovo provides K109m for Mary’s Meals School feeding program

May 27, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Illovo Sugar Malawi plc has allocated K109 million to help feed close to 5000 students in four schools under the Mary’s Meals School feeding program. This was disclosed on Friday May 26, 2023 in Blantyre… ...

Age Africa to continue support girls’ education

May 19, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Advancing Girls Education in Africa (Age Africa) has supported 30 girls with secondary education in Zomba District on top of supporting three other girls with tertiary education at University of Malawi from January to March… ...

Bakhita Girls School called out for rejecting asthmatic students

May 17, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Roman Catholic Church owned Bakhita Girls Secondary School in Balaka has been called out for its policy of not admitting asthmatic children to the school. An application form from the school which has been shared… ...

Over 90 students not sitting for PSLCE exams after school officials embezzle exam fees

May 10, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Affected PSLCE exams candidates in Dedza (Image: Zodiak online) Over 90 students have not been allowed to sit for Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) exams across Malawi after officials from their schools embezzled… ...

PRISAM to launch private school SACCO

May 09, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Private Schools Association of Malawi (Prisam) has announced plans to launch Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCO) which seeks to help its members in times of forced school closures during pandemics. This is according Prisam president… ...

High Court orders Malawi to allow learners with dreadlocks in schools

May 08, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba High Court has ordered Ministry of Education to allow learners with dreadlocks to be enrolled in public schools in the country. The court has further ordered the Ministry to issue a circular that should… ...

Bwalo lalikulu la Zomba lalamula kuti ana osunga madiledi aziwalola m’masukulu a boma

May 08, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Bwalo lalikulu ku Zomba lagamula kuti Unduna wa za Maphunziro kuti uzilola ana osunga madiledi m'masukulu a boma. Popereka chigamulocho, Judge waku High Court ku Zomba Justice Patrick Chirwa yemwe amapereka m'malo mwa Justice Zione… ...

Prisam to launch Lilongwe chapter

May 03, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Private Schools Association of Malawi (Prisam) say they will this week launch the Lilongwe chapter which seeks to help improve education in the city's private schools. Disclosing the development was Prisam president Amon Tafya who… ...

106 students arrested for inciting violence

May 03, 2023 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Police at Mponela, Dowa District are keeping in custody 106 students from Dowa Secondary School for allegedly inciting violence and damaging school property. The incident occurred in Mponela at Dowa Secondary School campus yesterday at… ...

AGE Africa donated basic needs to St Mary’s Secondary School Students

Apr 30, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

AGE Africa has donated school materials to St Mary's Girls Secondary School girls who are under their educational support. AGE Africa District Officer for Zomba, Jessie Puwapuwa said it is the wish of the organisation… ...

Govt told to give back school to NGO

Apr 28, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Some concerned citizens at Mdoola area in Nkhata-Bay have told government through the Ministry of Education to give back a school which it turned into a district girls boarding school instead of a CDSS to… ...

Chakwera applauds Salima Secondary School team

Apr 21, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera today hosted Salima Secondary School Under 15 football team at State House in Lilongwe to congratulate the team for finishing third at the inaugural CAF schools African Football Championship in South Africa.… ...

Malawi in foundational learning poverty

Apr 20, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Minister of Education, Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima says Malawi has not done well on foundational learning leading to numeracy and literacy poverty. She was speaking in Lilongwe on Wednesday during the launch of the Foundation Learning… ...

Mzimba caregivers decry poor state of classrooms

Apr 19, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Some caregivers in Mzimba Community Based Care Centres (CBCCs) have complained of poor state of classroom structures in their centres, saying the classrooms are not conducive to the learning of children. Speaking on Monday during… ...

Nkhata Bay school demands K180,000 from each student over property damage

Apr 16, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Parents of students at Nkhata Bay Secondary School have threaten to protested the schools’ decision ordering all students to pay K180,000 each for damage caused to school property. Parents argue that the school is punishing… ...