Education
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ICT lessons remain scantyIn public primary schools
The National Information and Communications Technology Policy requires the Ministry of Education to ensure every learner receives quality ICT lessons.…
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Loans offer hope to needy students
W hen Jacqueline Paul, 21, was selected to Malawi University of Science and Technology (Must) she was “excited but worried.”…
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Scholarship restores vulnerable girls’ hope
Under the sweltering midday sun at Namitete Secondary School in rural Lilongwe, Angela Levison focuses intently on her end-of-term examination.…
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Mothers sow seed for girls’ good
By 2021, 15-year-old Marriam Yahaya had already spent two years in marriage with an 18-year-old boy. “I believed that was…
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Learners invite MP for sanitation talks
Children understand things that affect them, but are authorities listening? “We have a say and leaders should hear our cry,”…
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Equalising access to quality learning
Dorothy Luwe has been teaching for nearly 13 years. Although her students enjoyed her lessons and performed well, she felt…
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Navigating Nkhotakota floods
Regular routines have paused for hundreds of families in Nkhotakota District affected by the heavy rains and severe flooding in…
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Karonga’s invisible school has one teacher, no support
Hope Nkhonjera, 16, from Kalumbukalira Village, Traditional Authority Wasambo in Karonga District, dreams of becoming a doctor. However, his school…
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30 years of shame
Malawi clocked 30 years of democracy last year. However, questions linger whether the shift from founding president Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s…
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How learning survived floods
On a rainy Wednesday in February, Mtete 1 Village, Traditional Authority Kanyenda in Nkhotakota District was shattered by devastating flood.…
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