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

[temwa malange]

Mlauzi,

"100,000 students enter secondary school each year". This is from a total
of about 800,000 primary school (standard 8 graduates).  Is that correct?

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, 04:17 Steve Sharra <stevesharra at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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