January 26
Malawi: Children Demand Child-Sensitive 2025-2026 Budgeting
Forty (40) children drawn from Balaka, Dowa, Mchinji, Mwanza and Ntchisi on Saturday gathered in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, to provide their inputs and recommendations in the… Read more »
January 18
Malawi: School Desks to Psychiatric Wards - Dr Raphael Piringu Reveals 70 Percent of Zomba Mental Hospital Patients Are Students
Classrooms across Malawi are quietly emptying into psychiatric wards, as officials at Zomba Mental Hospital drop a chilling bombshell: seven out of every ten patients at the… Read more »
Malawi: Fewer Learners Registered for 2026 National Exams, Raising Serious Concern
The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has finished registering candidates for the 2026 national examinations, but the numbers show fewer learners will sit exams this year… Read more »
January 12
Malawi: Slow Down, Hon. Bright Msaka - Stop Treating Teachers With Contempt
In Malawi, the suffering of teachers is not a secret--it is a national shame. Primary and secondary school teachers survive on salaries that are eaten alive by inflation, brutal… Read more »
January 11
Malawi: Magla, Mibawa Studios Launches Secondary School 'Quiz Competition'
The Malawi Gaming and Lotteries Authority (MAGLA) in collaboration with Mibawa Studios have launched private and secondary schools national Quiz Competition which is aimed… Read more »
January 08
Malawi: Student Loans Board Turns the Corner, Recovers K1.2 Billion As Repayment Culture Takes Root
The Higher Education Students Loans and Grants Board is finally beginning to see tangible results from its long-running push to enforce loan repayments, recovering more than K1.2… Read more »
January 05
Malawi: All Government Schools Open Today Despite Rain Damage, Nkhotakota Remains Closed
All government primary and secondary schools across Malawi have opened today for the second term of the 2025/26 academic year, despite widespread infrastructure damage caused by… Read more »
January 01
Malawi: NGO Equips Over 300 Private ECD Caregivers to Raise Standards in Early Childhood Education
In a major push to strengthen early childhood education in Malawi, Youth Health Network (YHN) has trained more than 300 private Early Childhood Development (ECD) caregivers in… Read more »
December 29, 2025
Malawi: Grant-Aided Schools Stick to Boarding Fees, Exposing Limits of 'Free' Secondary Education
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government's much-touted free secondary education policy will not be entirely free for thousands of learners in grant-aided schools, as… Read more »
December 07, 2025
Malawi: Government Unveils Key Fee Changes Under Free Secondary Education Plan
Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka has outlined sweeping fee reforms as part of the government's plan to roll out the Free Secondary Education Policy,… Read more »
November 25, 2025
Malawi: How Chithyola Banda Watered Down Mwanamvekha's 'Taxing' Mid-Year Budget
The barbs traded between the government and the opposition in Parliament on Monday, November 24, 2025 transported me back to childhood--those dusty afternoons after school when… Read more »
November 12, 2025
Malawi: From Hopelessness to Renewed Dreams - How Education Revived Josephine's Future
For 18-year-old Josephine Moses, the dream of becoming an accountant once felt like a distant mirage -- something beautiful but painfully out of reach. Read more »
November 10, 2025
Malawi: Ugi Donates K15 Million to Dapp Technical College
United General Insurance (UGI) has donated K15 million to the Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) Malawi towards the improvement of its technical college in Mzimba. Read more »
November 04, 2025
Malawi: Mpico, Soche Technical College Signs MOU to Offer Tertiary Education to Vulnerable Students
MPICO plc, a subsidiary of a leading financial services provider Old Mutual Malawi has entered into a partnership with Soche Technical College, a collaboration which is aimed at… Read more »
October 28, 2025
Southern Africa: Malawi Overhauls Education System
In a bold step toward transforming the country's education landscape, the Malawi Institute of Education (MIE) has unveiled a new National Curriculum Framework that promises to… Read more »
Malawi: Renowned Journalist MC Chris Loka Launches Renovation Project for Chilaweni CDSS
MC Chris Loka, a prominent journalist and former student of Chilaweni Community Day Secondary School (CDSS), has initiated a project through his registered organization, the… Read more »
October 22, 2025
Malawi: Free Secondary Education Is Malawi's Most Radical Leap Toward Equality
Malawi has finally taken a step that history will remember -- the decision to make secondary education free from January 2026. Critics call it reckless. Realists call it… Read more »
October 21, 2025
Malawi: DPP's Free Secondary Education Excludes Boarding Fees
President Peter Mutharika has clarified that the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) 12-year free education policy will not cover boarding fees in secondary schools, as these are… Read more »
October 20, 2025
Malawi: Free Education in Malawi - a Historic Promise Meets a Tough Test
Education has always been seen as the key to a better future. But for many children in Malawi, that dream has been hard to reach. Read more »
Malawi: Bold Step, Big Challenge - Malawi Gears Up for Free Secondary Education Rollout in 2026
Malawi's education sector is abuzz with mixed excitement and caution following President Arthur Peter Mutharika's announcement that Free Secondary School Education will officially… Read more »
September 10, 2025
Malawi: A Call to Obligation - Political Parties Commit to Citizens' Education Agenda Advanced By Csec
In a strong show of democratic responsibility, six political parties have signed solemn declarations committing to implement a transformative 2025-2029 Citizens' Education Agenda… Read more »
Malawi: Centre for Enhanced Education Set to Launch Coding Clubs to Prepare Youth for Digital Future
Computers for Enhanced Education (CEE), a leading NGO supporting ICT education in Malawi, is launching its Coding Clubs project this Thursday at Edge View Water Court Hotel in… Read more »
September 01, 2025
Malawi: Chakwera Earns Praise for Recruiting Record 21,000 Teachers
Education experts have showered praise on President Lazarus Chakwera for raising education standards and creating jobs through the historic recruitment of 20,517 primary school… Read more »
August 06, 2025
Africa: Mzuni's Dr. Wellman Kondowe Named Among Africa's Top 100 Education Icons!
In a moment of great pride for Malawi and Mzuzu University (Mzuni), Dr. Wellman Kondowe has been named one of the 100 Most Impactful Educational Personalities in Africa for 2025 by… Read more »
July 29, 2025
Malawi: Malawi Graduate Builds App for Visually Impaired Learners, Wins Mk38 Million Boost From Save the Children
A 23-year-old university graduate, Staff Nyoni, has developed a groundbreaking digital learning app to help visually impaired learners in Malawi -- and has just received MK38… Read more »
