Learners call shots in school management
Charity Mseka, from Kati Village in Salima District, is soft-spoken and slow to anger. The calm demeanour has earned the...
Education
Desks brighten learners’ dreams
For decades, residents of Ndirande, the most populous township in Blantyre City, were worried about overcrowding in the nearest schools....
Zero pass rate haunts CDSS
This year, just over half of the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) candidates passed the national examinations. According to...
Wakisa enjoys PLSCE stardom
21 Wakisa Ngosi, a 13-year-old boy raised by a widow, has come second in this year’s Primary School Leaving Certificate...
Girls on scholarships dream again
When Ellen Tembo was selected to Mpatsa Community Day Secondary School in Nsanje, it was bittersweet for her widowed mother....
Hostel opens newpossibilities for girls
Writings on the wall welcome visitors to Mpatsa Community Day Secondary School’s new girls hostel in Nsanje. “Make child protection...
Gender equality in skills development
To increase women’s representation in Malawi’s productive sectors, the Technical, Entrepreneurial, Vocational Education and Training (Tevet) Authority is supporting women...
Sanitation for disrupted schools
Unicef delivers water, sanitation and hygiene supplies as schools reopen after Cyclone Freddy, writes freelance journalist JACK MCBRAMS When Cyclone...
From uncertainty to university
In 2020, Medson Kayuni nearly dropped out of school as his parents struggled to pay his tuition at Mhuju Community...
Princess meets her model
There is something about nurses and doctors that motivates Princess Chamasowa to work hard in school. For the 12-year-old Standard...
Threats to saving girls from marriages
Illicit child marriages in Malawi keep frustrating the national push to ensure that every girl learns until her stellar dreams...
Supporting girls in maledominated programmes
Stella came first among all learners in her district in the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations. Thanks to...
When public budgets are gender-responsive
Eight years ago, Chikuli ward councillor Beatrice Mlatho found it challenging to advocate for fair participation of women in the...
One selfless teacher
At 25, Temwani Chilenga, a teacher mortified by agonies of her poor learners in Lilongwe, has won the Commonwealth Points...
Keeping girls in school through tax justice
At 16, Lizinet Chatambalala believes she has what it takes to realise her dream to become a nurse. She says...
Women MPs fire girls to learn
The life and education of Salome Khaneni, 15, was seldom easy. The Form Two girl used to walk over 3.5...
Giving poor leaners hope
As Domasi Government Primary School, authorities summon all learners on bursary to an impromptu meeting. Girls dreaming big step forward,...
Slowing girl’s rush to marry
A 16-year-old girl renamed Suzgo to conceal her identity sat last year’s primary school leaving examinations while seven months pregnant....
Married, dumped at 14
Bertha Fanuel, from Chikwawa District, got married and divorced at the age of 14. She mirrors a silent crisis in...
Agnes goes back to school
Agnes Kasapila, a 16-year-old mother of two, married at the age of 14 when she was in Form One. “I...
