University of Malawi delinking finally accomplished
The delinking of Malawi’s oldest institution of higher learning, the University of Malawi, into three separate universities has been accomplished, 11 years after former president Bingu wa Mutharika mooted the idea to the university council in 2009.
Mutharika only managed to delink or unbundle Bunda College in 2011 to create Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) before his death in 2012 and his successor, president Joyce Banda, shelved the process.
But another past-president, Peter Mutharika, who succeeded Banda, rekindled the idea, which the current administration, under President Lazarus Chakwera, has now concluded.
The Malawi Ministry of Education has gazetted 4 May 2021 to be the commencement date for Acts of Parliament Nos 18, 19 and 20 of 2019, that established the three new universities, namely: a reconstituted University of Malawi (UNIMA), the Malawi University of Business and Applied Scienc
Government says it has set May 4 for the full commencement of the delinking of the University of Malawi and acting secretary for Education Raphael Agabu said the Ministry of Education has gazetted the date.
The government, under Acts of Parliament Nos 18, 19 and 20 of 2019, is unbundling the University of Malawi into College of Medicine, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS), and Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS).
This follows the position of the Malawi Government to proceed with delinking of the University of Malawi colleges into stand-alone universities, communicated at a meeting held in Lilongwe on February 18, 2021, chaired by the Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima, and attended by the University of Malawi Council, as well as officials from the Ministry of Education, the Department of Statutory Corporations and the Public Sector Reforms Directorate.
April 2, 2021 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 3 Comments
Government has issued a stern warning to both public and private institutions not to tamper with the ministry of Education set academic calendar.
Minister of Education Agness Nyalonje sand PS in the ministry-pic by Lisa Kadango
The Ministry of Education says in a statement that private primary and secondary education institutions that do not adhere to the harmonised academic calendar risk their licenses revoked.
The Ministry has issued the stern warning on Thursday in a statement signed by Acting Secretary for Education, Raphael Agabu.
“The Ministry has noted with great concern that some schools, especially private schools, have already closed for term one and will be opening for the second term in April, 2021.
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