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
HarvestPlus is implementing a rapid-response biofortification project in six countries across Africa and Asia to help address the immediate malnutrition threats from the COVID-19 pandemic. In Malawi, the project’s beneficiaries include two particularly high-risk groups: women with HIV/AIDS, and pregnant teens.
These two humanitarian interventions in Malawi, taking place in April and May 2021, are expected to meet the needs of around 6900 girls, women, and their family members with biofortified maize, and 12,000 households in total with biofortified maize seeds.
Meals to women with HIV/AIDS
The project has been working with the Ekwendeni Hospital AIDS program (EHAP) at the Ekwendeni Hospital, a community-based organization in northern Malawi, to provide people with HIV/AIDS with about 100 metric tons of emergency vitamin A Maize (VAM) grain, flour, and seed. About 80 percent of the beneficiaries are women.
Code of conduct critical to enhancing teacher accountability in Malawi
Director of Teacher Education and Development (DTED) within the Ministry of Education Misheck Munthali said “teacher standards and teacher accountability are two of the nine key dimensions that are considered crucial to any comprehensive teacher policy and the draft teacher Code of Conduct Malawi is developing should help enhance these policy dimensions.”UNESCO | Lilongwe | Updated: 10-12-2020 12:15 IST | Created: 10-12-2020 12:15 IST
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A comprehensive and broadly accepted Teacher Code of Conduct is key to enhancing teacher standards and accountability in education systems. This was the view of participants at a consultation workshop held recently in Mangochi, Malawi to review the Draft Teacher Code of Conduct (CoC).