Education
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Trading centres or future slums?
At 4.4 percent, Mzuzu is the fastest growing city in the country. In fact, its boundaries have been extended to…
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Returning girls back to their future
In 2010, while in Standard Seven, 18-year-old Roda Chimwaza from Mvakudeni Village, Traditional Authority Mabulabo in Mzimba got pregnant. Things…
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How delays to enact Education Bill are hampering progress
During the current meeting of Parliament, members of Parliament are expected to deliberate on the Education Bill, which has dragged…
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Girls’ future blurred by poor education prospects
As the world commemorated International Day of the Gild Child today, I look at the stumbling blocks that girls in…
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When teaching is a curse
As Malawi joins the rest of the world tomorrow in celebrating World Teachers’ Day themed A Call of Teachers, some teachers who…
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Let’s paint more Happy Classsrooms
Is it possible to make a large-scale improvement to Malawi’s primary education with as little as K85 per child? Yes…
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Leaving school to support siblings
Meyer Gondwe, 20, from Mung’ombwa Village, Traditional Authority Wasambo in Karonga did what her situation dictated. When she was in…
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Empowering girls with education
In most cases, when a girl gets pregnant, it marks the end of her education. But sometimes, a pregnancy can…
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Fighting child labour with education
Rhoda Mtete’s future now looks bright. The 14-year-old girl, from Mchinji, was forced by her parents to leave school while…
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For Providence’s sake
Can an illiterate person become a president? Anne Matumbi’s song Maphunziro kept interrogating past and present students of Providence Secondary…
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