Education
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Greenbelt initiative: A reality check
Seven years after it was hatched, where are we on the Greenbelt Initiative (GBI)? EPHRAIM NYONDO visited Chikwawa Scheme in…
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Fostering cooperatives for better lives
By MIKE CHIPALASA*, FAO MALAWI From humble beginnings in 2004, a group of female smallholder farmers is now growing, thanks…
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Tale of Malawian girl rescued from early marriage
She was married at the tender age of nine. That was in 2008. No one forced her but being an…
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TV cameras zero in on students
Some education experts have welcomed efforts by key stakeholders who are challenging and motivating Form Three students to work harder…
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When family misses from girl’s education
Today is World Family Day. As part of commemorating this day EPHRAIM NYONDO looks at the connection between stronger families…
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Woman returns to primary school after three children
Impregnated and forced to marry at 15 in 2002, Gloria Bush, 28, never thought events would soon turn around for…
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Orphans toil for education
In 2003 and 2007, 16-year-old Mercy Hussein lost her father and mother respectively. Since then, she has been struggling to…
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Improving literacy in lower primary school
Daniel Matchipisa dropped out in Standard Five in 2012. The former pupil of Kantchito Primary School in Traditional Authority (T/A)…
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Bringing school classes to paediatric wards
At only nine, Stanford Mwale [not real name] dreams big. He wants to become a structural designer but he does…
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When student camps light up futures for remote pupils
Justin Chikumba, 34, from Chinkutika Village in Ntcheu is married and has three children. A Form Three drop out, Chikumba…
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Probing NCHE’s university selection system
Selection to public universities will now be done by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). I explore the merits…
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Mikuyu: From torture to teacher
Jonas Sengo, 19, and renowned poet Professor Jack Mapanje, 71, do not know each other. But the two have one…
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Toiling to get educated
Gertrude Fraser’s future looks bleak. Although she is an exceptional pupil, the 13-year-old runs the risk of getting into an…
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Chief challenges subjects on tree planting
Traditional Authority Mpama of Chiradzulu has called on his subjects to take tree-planting initiatives seriously for the area to regain…
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Girl married at 14, is now anti-early marriage activist
One Saturday afternoon in October this year a football match was organised between Kandiyani and Nakuwawa primary schools in Traditional Authority (T/A)…
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New chapter in education?
Last week, government launched the new Education Sector Implementation Plan (ESIP II)—documents which will help government turn its policies into…
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Searching glory in pain
The 2013 Education Management Information Systems (EIMS) report shows that out of one million pupils that enrol in Standard One,…
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Why always Catholic schools?
From the 1960s to date, Catholic secondary schools have been unwavering in defining and maintaining academic excellence in the country.…
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Why St Mary’s stands tall
Saint Mary’s Secondary School has come out the star performer in this year’s MSCE results. Amid concerns of declining education…
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New water project saves Songwe border residents
For the 18 years that Miriam Mwagomba has been residing at Songwe Border town, she says she has been denied…
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