[Civsoc-mw] ‘That we be free from fear’: Thoughts on education and Malawi at 54

[Steve Sharra]

Friday, July 06, 2018

http://mlauzi.blogspot.com/2018/07/that-we-be-free-from-fear-thoughts-on.html

On 6th July 1964, fifty-four years ago, there were four secondary
schools in Malawi, and not a single university. There was Blantyre
Secondary School, Zomba Catholic Secondary School, Dedza Secondary
School, and Mzuzu Government Secondary School. There were close to
360,000 primary school learners, and the country had between 3 and 4
million people. That year, 6,000 Malawians entered secondary school to
start Form 1. The University of Malawi was opened exactly three months
after independence, on 6th October 1964. Its first intake was 180
students (other sources put the figure at 90).

Fifty-four years later, there are over 1,400 secondary schools in
Malawi and just over 380,000 secondary school students. About 100,000
students enter Form 1 each year. There are four public universities
with about 20,000 students. The University of Malawi alone has 13,000
students. There are more than 28 private universities, accommodating
what can be estimated to be close to 20,000 students, although the
real number could be less or more than this.

full: http://mlauzi.blogspot.com/2018/07/that-we-be-free-from-fear-thoughts-on.html

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