Education
By Michael Kachitsa The evolution of technology has impacted every aspect of our lives from banking to the way that we communicate with each other. In fact, technology has become an integral part of sustaining society, and its infusion with education is therefore inevitable. Technology… Read More »Importance of Technology in Education
By Michael Kachitsa In Malawi a child starts primary education at the age of five or six, and finishes at the age of 12, 13 or 14 years of age. The classes are from grade one to grade eight. In each grade a child takes… Read More »Education in Malawi
By Michael Kachitsa The COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating this learning crisis. As many as 94 percent of children across the world have been out of school due to closures. Learning losses from school shutdowns are further compounded by inequities, particularly for students who were already… Read More »Better Education During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Michael Kachitsa Drawn from a book that has been 30 years in the making, this excerpt outlines three explanations for why deep disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes persist for so many of our nation’s children despite more than six decades of education equity… Read More »Why Educational Disparities Persist
By Enalla Munyenyembe Mzuzu, March 25, Mana: Chancellor Collage (Chanco) Catholic Students Organisation (CSO) is set to publish a magazine dubbed ‘Chanco Telescope Magazine’ starting March 24, 2021. In an interview, Chanco Telescope Chief Editor, Gift Muyayi said their March-April Magazine will contain very topical… Read More »Chanco Catholic Students Organisation (CSO) to publish a magazine
By Wisdom Ngwira Mzuzu, March 23, Mana: Traditional Authority Khosolo of Mzimba District has expressed worry over continued loss of key Ngoni cultural practices in the district, saying the trend threatens the tribe’s existence. He was speaking recently at Kabiza Primary School in the district… Read More »Inkosi Khosolo worried with the erosion of Ngoni Culture
Jesuits hand-over classroom block in Kasungu By Samuel Phiri Kasungu, March 11, Mana: Foundation Jesuiten Weltwelt Switzerland has handed over a classroom block worth K17 million to St Joseph Primary School in Kasungu as one way of mitigating the problem of congestion in classrooms. Speaking… Read More »Jesuits hand-over classroom block in Kasungu
By Mphatso Nkuonera Lilongwe, March 9, Mana: Merck Foundation has donated 30, 000 text story books to the Ministry of Education to help in raising awareness on issues of infertility among the learners at a tender age. Speaking at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Tuesday… Read More »Merck Foundation donates 30, 000 storybooks
By Linda Likomwa Chiradzulu, March 10, Mana: Girls in Chiradzulu have applauded an initiative by Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) to orient them on realities of life after secondary school so that they do not indulge in undesirable behaviour. Over 50 girls in the district… Read More »Chiradzulu girls oriented on life after secondary school
Teachers Union of Malawi is expected to meet government officials on Tuesday after government failed to address the issue of risk allowances before schools were set for reopening on Monday February 22, 2021. The impasse in the education sector has attracted mixed reactions from stakeholders… Read More »Education impasse, government dates TUM over risk allowances