In the statement released yesterday by Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) has disclosed that it has raised  examinations fees by 50 percent for the 2017 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) and Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE).

According to the  statement signed by the board’s Director of Finance, Thomas Dokotala, which we have seen, PSLCE external candidates will be required to pay K80 per subject from last year’s K40 while entry, administration, centre and form fees per candidate are at K400 each from K200 as it was last year.

MSCE both internal and external candidates have to part ways with K800 per subject from last year’s K400 per subject. Entry fee is at K1, 300, a raise from last year’s K650. Administration and centre fees are each at K700 from K350. External candidates are also required to pay an additional form fee of K700.

Identity card (ID) fees for PSLCE candidates is at K1, 500 while MSCE candidates has been raised to  K2, 000 .

Commenting on matter, Maneb’s Public Relations Officer Simeon Maganga has described  the raise as  necessary  because the fees was too low.

“We sent a proposal to government that the fees needed adjustment because they were too low. They gave us a go-ahead in 2014 but we decided to do the adjustment is phases. So this is the adjustment that we have done,” Maganga said.

Meanwhile, Maneb has announced in a press release that registration for the 2017 examinations has started and will close on December 9.