Some secondary schools in the country which operate without science laboratories are looking up to the Equity with Quality and Learning at Secondary (Equals) Project for help to have the facilities soon.
Equals aims to improve quality of science and mathematics instruction in community day secondary schools (CDSSs) and increase access to secondary education in selected remote areas.
It is a 6-year Government of Malawi project under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, supported by the World Bank through an IDA credit facility of US$90million.
However, a tour of Nchalo CDSS and Dzumila Secondary School in Chikwawa District, Mphande CDSS in Mwanza District and Chiyendausiku CDSS in Balaka District–established that science laboratories have not been built since the Equals project rolled out about two years.