Sunday 7 August 2016

Soya Milk Improving Leaner’s Turnout At Masangano Junior Primary School

Masangano junior class pupils receiving Soy Milk from
one of the mother group leaders
Masangano Junior Primary School in Malumo village, T/A Malumo in Ntchisi district had been experiencing number of school dropouts and this worried the head teacher for the school Mr. Andrew Kalikuni.

According to Mr. Kalikuni, at the beginning of 2015-2016 academic calendar, the school registered 106 pupils for class of Standard 1, but on average he said only 50 to 60 students were coming to school and attending classes.

Thursday 4 August 2016

Pres. Mutharika Order UNIMA Tuition Fees Reduction By K50,000














President Peter Mutharika has ordered University of Malawi to reduce the tuition fees by K50,000 after meeting with the University of Malawi Students Union (UMSU) at Kamuzu Palace on Thursday.

This is across the board reduction for all students on generic and mature programs at the University. For generic students paying the minimum fees this means a 12.5% reduction while for mature students paying minimum ranges of fees this is a 5.4 % reduction.

Wednesday 3 August 2016

UNIMA Council Firm On Fee Hike Stance

Stakeholders who participated for
the briefing for the UNIMA Council 
Council of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) says it will not overturn tuition fees raise in order to return the strength and recognition of its Degrees in Europe and America as well as home companies. 

The Council told stakeholder’s in Lilongwe on Tuesday evening when briefing them on developments related to the rise of tuition fees in the UNIMA that the revised fees are necessary to improve quality of education which at the moment has gone down.

Monday 1 August 2016

Madame Mutharika Says New Roundabouts To Beautify LL City, Appeal For Care Of Environment







The First Lady of the Republic of Malawi, Madame Gertrude Mutharika says the capital city, Lilongwe, will soon wear a new beautiful look with two roundabouts under construction near Parliament building and Capital Hotel.

Beautify Malawi (BEAM) Trust has embarked on the project of constructing two state of art roundabouts in the city and more other such roundabouts will be constructed in all cities across the country.

Sunday 31 July 2016

DAPP In Service Training Programme Promoting Innovation

Teachers now use TALULAR
(Teaching And Learning Using Locally Available
Resources)


Mrs. Carolyn Kafodya Linje a teacher for standard 2 at Mzumazi Primary School in Lilongwe rural has been teaching for 19 years now. Like many other primary school teachers, her every day teaching routine had been reading in front of the pupils and writing on the board and nothing more.

Saturday 30 July 2016

Huawei Trained ICT Students Back In Malawi

from left to right- Margaret Kasonya,
Harold Chimtembo, Thokozani Gumbo,
Watson Mbekeani, Kondwani Lisiya &
Marvyn Tembo







Six young Malawians are back from China after extensive study on telecommunications ICT education with the global leading technology, Huawei, through its program, Telecom Seeds for the Future.

The six students drawn from various academic institutions went to China following the President Peter Mutharika trip in 2015 where among others, he negotiated with the Chinese company to incorporate Malawi ICT students into its Telecom Seeds for the Future program.

Thursday 21 July 2016

Mpwhiyo Shooting Case: Kasambara Calls Guilty Verdict "Staged Justice"

Kasambara to make appeal








The third accused Raphael Kasambara has described the verdict by Justice Michael Mtambo as "staged justice" and expressed intentions to appeal.