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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… ...

Teachers make U-turn on strike

May 07, 2016 Luke Bisani 49 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has called off a nationwide strike that was slated for Monday, May 9. TUM made the decision after meeting government officials on Thursday to discuss the issues the teachers want… ...

Ministry of education officials go to work drunk

May 06, 2016 Aubrey Makina 45 &

The Teachers’ Union of Malawi (TUM) is angry despite calling off a nationwide strike of teachers that had to start from May 1. In a press briefing they had on Thursday, 5 May, in Lilongwe,… ...

Trouble in Malawi! Teachers to hold nationwide strike

Apr 20, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 89 &

Teachers in the country have warned that they will hold a nationwide strike if government continues to subject them to poor working conditions. This has been revealed in a letter by Teachers Union of Malawi… ...

Teachers want better conditions in 2016

Jan 02, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 46 &

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has lamented over the hard conditions teachers in the country have been going through for a long time which they say continued in 2015. General Secretary for TUM Dennis Kalekeni… ...