Month: October 2020 Posts

Teachers with master’s degrees demand promotions

Oct 16, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Teachers with master’s degrees have demanded promotions, saying they are still teaching in government secondary schools despite upgrading their qualifications. Over 100 teachers teaching in secondary schools and some in government owned colleges petitioned Parliament… ...

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… ...

Teacher arrested for sexually abusing pupil

Oct 06, 2020 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

A 28-year-old primary school teacher at Mafuwa Primary school in Ntcheu is in police custody for sexually abusing a 15-year-old standard 7 pupil. Ntcheu police relations officer sub inspector Hastings Chigalu identified the suspect as… ...

St Andrews Head teacher accused of mistreating juniors

Oct 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

St Andrews Primary School Head Teacher David Marriot has been accused of mistreating Teaching Assistants, with some of them alleging that they were sent on forced leave without what they considered to be valid reasons.… ...

TUM told to stop ‘stealing’ from teachers

Sep 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

  A non-governmental organisation has demanded the Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) to stop deducting money from teachers' salaries without the teachers' consent. The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has issued the… ...

Teachers threaten strike over risk allowances

Sep 01, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Concerned teachers who are also Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) members have asked Government through the Ministry of Education Science and Technology to provide Coronavirus risk allowances to teachers before reopening schools on September 7,… ...

TUM demand employment for IPTE 13 teachers

Aug 29, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) says it wants government to employ teachers under Initial Primary Teacher Education (IPTE) 13, as schools are set to reopen next month. Government and the Union are… ...

MISA condemn attacks on journalists over teachers’ risk allowances

Aug 26, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi chapter and Media council of Malawi (MCM) have condemned some Malawians who are sending threats to Journalists over comments relating to teachers’ risk allowances. In a statement today,… ...

Teachers urged to boycott classes over risk allowances

Aug 24, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Teachers in the country have been advised to boycott classes if government fails to give them risk allowances when schools reopen next month. The development follows President Lazarus Chakwera's order that schools should reopen in… ...

Teacher commits suicide after failing to quit drinking

Mar 10, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A teacher aged 32 has hanged himself to death in Chitipa over failure to stop excessive beer drinking. The man identified as Said Mwanguku was a teacher at Ilinga Private Secondary School in Chitipa district.… ...

Teacher arrested for raping, impregnating STD 7 learner

Feb 27, 2020 Owen Ndalama 1 &

A 28-year-old primary school teacher is in police custody in Phalombe for raping and impregnating a 14-year-old Standard 7 learner from his school. The teacher has been identified as Dyson Chawawa who was working at… ...

Malawi teachers’ strike ends

Jan 24, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has told teachers to go back to work on Monday saying the nationwide strike which began on 20 January has been suspended. TUM president Willie Malimba and Secretary General… ...

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… ...

Bingu Ikhome competition winner set for Dubai trip

Jan 23, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

 The winner of the grand prize in the Bingu Ikhome Raffle draw, Mervis Kachepa Balaka, is set to go on her trip to Dubai on 26 January, 2020. Balaka, who is a teacher at Chisiyo… ...

Learners torch Karonga DC’s offices

Jan 22, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Angry pupils in Karonga have torched offices of the District Commissioner. The pupils were at the DC’s offices to demand government to pay teachers their December salaries. In the morning, teachers who are on strike… ...