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Teachers’ Union Backs MSCE Exam Markers’ Strike

Aug 23, 2024 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Teacher's Union of Malawi (TUM) has thrown its support behind the striking teachers marking the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exam, who are demanding an allowance increase from K110 to K115 per paper.… ...

ILO, TUM launches K67.6 million scholastic materials donation project in Schools

Apr 18, 2024 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), in collaboration with the Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM), has launched a K67.6 million distribution of teaching and learning materials in Ntchisi district to help fight child labour. The project… ...

Teachers’ strike on next week

Jul 03, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has announced that teachers in the country will go on strike starting on Monday. In a press statement yesterday signed by the union's President Willie Malimba and Secretary General Charles… ...

Teachers to strike next month over arrears

Jun 19, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) says all teachers in the country's public primary schools, secondary schools and lecturers in Teacher Training Colleges will hold a nationwide strike next month. This is according to a TUM… ...

Teachers threaten to hold nationwide demo

Jun 13, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Teachers have threatened to hold a nationwide demonstration to force government to give them their salaries arrears amounting to K1.7 billion. Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) Secretary General Charles Kumchenga told the local media that… ...

Schools yet to receive books for new curriculum

Jan 25, 2018 Martha Chikoti 6 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has expressed concern over government’s delay to supply books for the new school secondary school curriculum in schools across the country. TUM spokesperson Charles Kumchenga said it is worrisome that… ...

TUM speaks tough on arrears

Jan 08, 2018 Bright Malenga 16 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has warned Malawi Government that if it will fail to pay all arrears to teachers in time the union will call for industrial action. According to TUM Secretary General Charles… ...