Students Union of Chancellor College (SUCC) is contemplating on seeking an injunction at the High Court on Friday against the closure of the College. The move comes amidst rumours that the university council is planning to close the College together with the Malawi Polytechnic if they continue with their protests. Director...

Two female students for the Chancellor College have been transported to Zomba Central Hospital for medical attention after they were severely affected by the tear-gas around campus as the college’s clinic is temporarily closed. One of the two, picked up outside Kachere Hall, had difficulties in breathing. Presently,...

Government has rejected concerns raised by  self-sponsored students of Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima)  in their petition over reduction of tuition fees as well as increasing their living allowance (MALSWITCH). A  source said the decision was communicated to the students...

Managing Director of Joyce Banda Foundation Schools, Roy Kachale Banda has said the schools are not a political institution and should not be associated with politics. Speaking at this year’s graduation at Robins Park in Blantyre, Kachale Banda said he still does not understand why his school was attacked during the...

Seeking to promote modern education among Muslims and reduce stampede for university places, Malawi is planning to open the country’s first Islamic university for students interested in studying Islam. “We all have the common purpose of seeing Malawi as a country develop and through the right leadership this is...

Minister of Transports and Public Works, Sidik Mia has disclosed that plans to open an Islamic university in the country to promote modern education among Muslims will be rolled out soon with support from Direct Aid Society from Kuwait. Mia, who is People’s Party Vice President (South), said this on Saturday when he...

Malawi National Association of the Deaf (Manad) has launched a website and a Malawi’s Sign Language and Rights project aimed at addressing communication challenges facing the deaf. Briefing the media yesterday, Manad National Chairperson Charles Mtambo said the development of the website, www.manadmw.org, is expected...

Education activists have urged government to introduce incentives that will encourage female teachers to teach in remote areas. The plea was made by Civil Society Education Coalition CSEC executive director Benedicto Kondowe as the ministry of finance is soliciting views from the public on what should be included in the...

Joint press release by World Vision, the World YWCA, as well as CARE USA, International Center for Research on Women and the International Women’s Health Coalition representing the Girls Not Brides USA partnership. Getting the world’s 32 million out-of-school girls back into education will be crucial to end...

Islamic Information Bureau has expressed concern over reports that more Muslim girls are on top of the list of drop outs. Speaking to the media, Islamic Information Bureau, national Coordinator Sheikh Dinala Chabulika said the blame is on parents who he said are not taking the responsibility of their daughter’s...

There is hope that girls’ enrolment in primary schools in the Malawi’s northern region district of Karonga   will increase courtesy of Gender Responsive Pedagogy, an initiative of Forum for African Women Educationalist in Malawi (FAWEMA). This came to light at Karonga Demonstration Primary School where it has shown...

The sole government health college in Malawi that helps in improving health services by training health personnel’s is currently passing through difficult times as government continues to ignore its financial crisis that forced the colleges to prematurely closed for an indefinite holiday leaving many students...

Bunda College of Agriculture is inviting applications from interested and qualified persons for enrollment into the 20013/2014 academic year in the following programmes: A. MATURE ENTRY (UNDERGRADUATE) PROGRAMMES Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine* Bachelor of Science in Agricultural...

There has been a lot in the Malawian news this week about education. Check out our roundup here of some of the most pressing issues in Malawian education! Malawi’s government has sought to take a harsher stance on inappropriate relationships between male teachers and their students. This push came as a result of a recent...

Q-KON, a Pan-African distributor of Alvarion solutions, has provided Alvarion Wi-Fi technology to Malawi’s Bishop Mackenzie International School (BMIS), enhancing the academic institution’s existing network and equipping it with valuable wireless connectivity. As a distributor Q-KON’s was ideally...

More than 2.7 million children aged eight and under in Malawi are not accessing Early Childhood Development (ECD) services, it has been learnt. Malawi is currently providing ECD services to only 34 per cent of the total number of children through Community Based Childcare Centers (CBCCs). Early childhood development...