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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… ...

Teachers happy with invigilation allowance payment

Dec 15, 2017 Luke Bisani 19 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has applauded the Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) for its plans to pay in advance teachers who are to be invigilating national exams next year. MANEB Executive Director Gerald Chiunda… ...

Mutharika to address Oxford University

Jun 05, 2017 Mwayi Mkandawire 4 &

As Chancellor College remains closed due to a lecturers’ strike, President Peter Mutharika will this Friday address students at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. According to a statement from government, Mutharika has been invited… ...

Teachers threaten to go on a strike

Feb 22, 2017 Bright Malenga 68 &

Teachers in the country have threatened to stop working if government will not give them February salaries before 1 March, 2017. According to a statement released by Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM), teachers have threatened… ...

Teachers are mad at TUM; accuse them of being bribed

Sep 15, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 66 &

The Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has come under fire for cancelling the sit-in only days after it was announced that teachers in the country would not be delivering lessons following the failure by government… ...

Govt shocked over teachers’ sit-in

Sep 14, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 1 &

Government has expressed shock over the sit-in teachers are staging in some schools, saying the Ministry of Education already sent Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) a commitment letter on issues the teachers raised.Ministry of Education… ...

No classes for new Form 1 students on 12 September

Sep 09, 2016 Patience Mandala 4 &

The newly selected to Secondary School Form 1 students might have to wait a little longer for them to attend a new class in their respective Secondary schools. This is after an announcement by the… ...

TUM urges teachers to be patient over salary increment

Jul 28, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 62 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has assured teachers in the country that government is working on addressing their grievances. TUM general secretary Dennis Kalekeni said teachers and all civil servants should calm down and wait… ...

Teachers strike shocks Government

Jul 06, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 45 &

The Malawi Government has expressed surprise that some teachers have started conducting a sit-in, saying the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has managed to solve some of the problems facing teachers in the… ...

Teachers go on strike

Jul 01, 2016 Luke Bisani 78 &

The Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has urged all public teachers to start boycotting classes from today arguing that government has failed to keep to its promise on addressing challenges affecting them. TUM demanded that government… ...

Teachers cry foul over unpaid three months salaries

Jun 06, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 109 &

Some teachers in the country have expressed concern to the government over unpaid three months’ salary. According to one of the ODL 3 and IPTE 8 teachers, Mr Enock Malora, this is a very worrisome… ...