Malawians Debate Leaked Letter On 'Satanic' Quota System - North Students Affected in New Cut-Off Point

8 August 2018

Malawians have been taking to social media to express their misgivings to the controversial quota system that requires higher education institutions to admit students based on where they come from after a leaked letter from National Council for Higher Education (Nche) to a unhappy student not selected to a public university.

The quota system is aimed at discouraging a trend under the merit system that saw people from the north entering higher education in greater numbers than students from the south.

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