Month: February 2018 Posts

Student Loans Board spent K17 million on printing forms while students are told ‘no money’

Feb 15, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 19 &

Trouble is brewing at the Higher Education Students Loans and Grants Board over revelations that the Board paid K17 million for the printing of forms and diaries. According to reports, Executive Director for the Board… ...

University of Malawi cancels lab sessions due to lack of equipment

Feb 11, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

NCHE accredited University of Malawi has started cancelling laboratory sessions for its students due to what they call ‘a lack of equipments’. In a memo that Malawi24 has seen from Chancellor College, about 14 lab… ...

Mindset change needed among Malawi youths

Feb 05, 2018 Joseph Dumbula 0 &

The youth in Malawi need an extensively executed mindset change drill if they are to live to their billing in leadership and other vital roles, a youth network has said. Bwalo Likule Network, a youth… ...

Luanar disowns bogus advert

Jan 21, 2018 Bright Malenga 4 &

The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar), Natural Resources College (NRC) campus has distanced itself from an advert being shared on social media. Social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp have been… ...

Luanar reopens this month

Jan 13, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 9 &

Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) Bunda Campus will reopen this month. The institution was closed on 13th December, 2017 following demonstrations by students on 7th, 8th and the night of 12th December.… ...

Gertrude Mutharika now a professor

Nov 21, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 360 &

A Chinese university has this morning awarded an honorary professorship to First Lady Gertrude Mutharika. Mutharika has been confered an Honorary Professor in Global Health by the PeKing University School of Public Health of the… ...

Unima delinking: Mutharika appoints taskforce

Nov 09, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 10 &

President Peter Mutharika has appointed a taskforce to oversee the delinking of colleges under the University of Malawi (UNIMA). Dr. Macphail Magwira chairs the taskforce with Harold Kuchande, Dr. Tarsizious Nampota, Dr. Fritz Robert Kadyoma,… ...

LUANAR students unhappy with teachers’ strike

Oct 03, 2017 Bright Malenga 2 &

Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) students have expressed concern over a strike by lecturers at the university. Lecturers at Luanar started striking on Monday demanding government to increase their perks by 20… ...

Chanco to open as govt. ends salary wrangles

Jun 21, 2017 Luke Bisani 49 &

Students from Chancellor College can afford a smile as government has announced that the lecturers’ strike which led to closure of the college has been resolved. The future of sitting in class soon was covered… ...

Mutharika dissolves University of Malawi Council

Jun 19, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 30 &

President Peter Mutharika has dissolved the council of the University of Malawi (Unima) in what State House dubs as 'a bid to end labour disputes' at the university. Mutharika has directed government to mediate in… ...

Students seek MPs’ intervention on Chanco closure

Jun 15, 2017 Luke Bisani 10 &

Their gravest concern is the Chancellor College (Chanco) as students have opted for intervention from Parliamentary Committee on Education to have the University of Malawi's (UNIMA) constituent college opened. This follows a meeting that students… ...

Malawi government’s negligence on education irks experts

Jun 14, 2017 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) executive director Benedicto Kondowe has expressed anger with President Peter Mutharika's administration due to its lack of seriousness in ending the education crisis that has rocked the country. Kondowe's anger… ...

Chanco cannot open in two weeks – govt

Jun 12, 2017 Luke Bisani 2 &

Malawi government through its leader of delegation at the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) 5 +1 all inclusive stakeholders meeting has disclosed that Chancellor College cannot be opened in two weeks as demanded by the delegates.… ...

Kondowe blasts lecturers for Chanco opening delay

Apr 20, 2017 Chikondi Magalasi 12 &

Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) executive director Benedicto Kondowe has blamed Chancellor College lecturers for not respecting the college’s academic calendar. The lecturers downed their tools causing a delay of the opening of the institution… ...

Students to hold mass demos over Chanco closure

Apr 13, 2017 Luke Bisani 3 &

Students from Chancellor College (Chanco), a constituent college of University of Malawi (UNIMA), have disclosed that they are to hold mass demonstrations against the closure of the college. According to the students, the Unima council… ...