ZOMBA (Times)-Chancellor College administration has suspended plans of having two first year cohorts following the college’s failure to be ready by May, 1, as earlier planned. According to a press release of yesterday the college announced that that it has shifted the opening day to a later unspecified date due to incomplete logistic arrangements. “Chancellor [...]
ZOMBA (Malawi Democrat)- Riots which broke out at Zomba Islamic High School last Friday has forced authorities to close down the institution in the eastern city of Zomba. Students are reported have rioted over complaints of undercooked food but that the anger of the students were bottled up following a spate of problems. The principal [...]
LILONGWE (Nation)-The exhaust fumes of hurried policies and weak strategies in Malawi’s tertiary education have also reared another ugly head, this time at Bunda College in Lilongwe. Here, first year students and some staff are being subjected to a substandard teaching and learning environment, making some of them argue it is like learning during a [...]
BLANTYRE (Capital FM)- Human rights activists in Malawi have quashed remarks by President Bingu wa Mutharika that the equitable access to public universities, popularly known as quota system, has been a success, arguing that a lot of deserving students have been left out. Gift Trapence of the Centre for Development of people and Undule Mwakasungula [...]
LILONGWE (guardian.co.uk) –Education officials in Malawi have attacked Madonna for unveiling plansto build 10 schools in the country, a year after she was forced to scrap a project to build a girls’ academy. Madonna, who has adopted two children from the impoverished African country, announced last month that her Raising Malawi charity was teaming up with the non-profit [...]
MZUZU (ZBS)- Police have arrested six Mzuzu University students for blocking the M1 road as they were protesting against MSB’s criteria of approving tuition fees and stationery allowances to needy students. Mzuzu Police Spokesperson Sergeant Edward Longwe said the arrested students have been charged with conduct likely to cause breath of peace and malicious damage. [...]
KASUNGU (Times) -The Japanese government has awarded a grant of K15 million, that will help in the rehabilitation of facilities at Kasungu Secondary School. The grant, which was given under Japanese Grant assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects will go towards the rehabilitation of boys’ hostels and multipurpose hall at the school. Japanese Charge d’ [...]
ZOMBA (Malawi Democrat) –Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (Ccasu) acting president Dr Jessie Kabwila-Kapasula says the union will take head-on anyone who dares threaten academic freedom in the university. “We have illustrated that we remain vigilant and if anyone, organisation or process, threatens academic freedom in the University of Malawi [Unima] again, we are more [...]
LILONGWE (Malawi Democrat)-Bunda College Students’ Union president Fackshon Phwitiko says students at the college will continue to hold protests until Malawi Savings Bank release funds for their book allowances. “They are breaching a contract which was agreed by three members, ministry of education, ministry of finance and the bank. They agreed that in the public [...]
BLANTYRE ( Mana)- The Malawi Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, is in the process of introducing post graduate courses in a number of disciplines. The Director of Continuing Education Centre at the college, Andrew Chimpololo, said this on Tuesday during the 9th symposium of journalism students which was held in Blantyre. [...]
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