[Civsoc-mw] [BwalolaAphunzitsi] Re: [HigherEdMalawi] ‘That we be free from fear’: Thoughts on education and Malawi at 54
mzeekachale
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Mon Jul 9 22:34:38 CAT 2018
Thank you, Prof.
Mzee
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From: "Adamson S. Muula" <amuula at medcol.mw>
Date: 09/07/2018 08:16 (GMT+02:00)
To: bwalo-la-aphunzitsi <bwalo-la-aphunzitsi at googlegroups.com>
Cc: mzeekachale <mzeekachale at gmail.com>, Cuthbert Kachale <cuthbertkachale at gmail.com>, higheredmalawi at googlegroups.com, Billy Gama <gamabilly34 at gmail.com>, civsoc-mw at sdnp.org.mw, namisa at googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [BwalolaAphunzitsi] Re: [HigherEdMalawi] ‘That we be free from fear’: Thoughts on education and Malawi at 54
You have said it well Mzee. If the current national reasoning were not to be tampered, in no time we could have 20 public universities each with 2 thousand to 4 thousand students. I am ok with twenty public universities each with 20,000 students.
On 9 July 2018 at 08:10, cuthbertkachale <cuthbertkachale at gmail.com> wrote:
My take is split into two parts :
a) TI my friend Dr Steve Sharra:At independence in addition to Blantyre Secondary School ( built and opened its doors in 1940 following a Livingstonia 1939 Board Resolution and being first secondary school with mist teachers including headmaster Mr Pike and Boarding master Mr Theu all from Livingstonia), Zomba Catholic (1941 as a Catholic response ), Dedza later as a government response and Mzuzu (1957) as another government response, there was Malamulo Secondary School. Malamulo SDA Mission also trained nurses at the famous mission hospital which shared a flying doctor, Dr Harvey, with Solution Mission in Rhodesia. Sad that Dr Harvey perished in an air crash as he landed at Malamulo in 1972.
I am giving these ďetails for the benefit of my friend, Prof Adamson Muula who himself comes fron Thyolo.
UNIMA opened its doors on 6th October 1965 and l was student No 38 of the first intake. We began as only 92 students fully funded by government and with book allowances and £6 pocket money every month.
At independence there were 54 Malawian graduates resident in Malawi. Dedza Secondary School had the highest concentration of Malawian graduates.
At independence the population was 4 million. The national budget was 6 million.
b) To my friend Prof Adamson Muula : At independence Zimbabwe had 300 secondary schools and 1 university. Right now there are over 3 000 secondary schools and over 16 fully accredited universities about 10 of them government ones with a population of 16 million and literacy rate of 93%, the highest in Africa. Zim has been on this number 1 position in Africa for the past 10 years after besting Egypt and Tunisia, the legendary top 2. There is among the 10 government unis the Zimbabwe Open University whose single intake staggers around 25 000 per year.
Zimbabweans know that the future of their country lies in educating their children.
Malawians believe that the future of their ELDERS lies in politics and politicking. No vision for their children.
So, Prof Muula, Atsogoleri achedwa. Malawi needs phenomenal expansion in education in terms of more intske and more universities to cater for its population of 18 million.
A few years ago Dr Sharra said 60% of Malawians had noy seen the doors of a secondary school and that only 3% had acceded tertiary education.
Malawi is in trouble because the leaders have not set their priorities right. Education should have come first.
Mzee
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From: "Adamson S. Muula" <amuula at medcol.mw>
Date: 09/07/2018 00:08 (GMT+02:00)
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Cc: higheredmalawi at googlegroups.com, Billy Gama <gamabilly34 at gmail.com>, civsoc-mw at sdnp.org.mw, namisa at googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [BwalolaAphunzitsi] Re: [HigherEdMalawi] ‘That we be free from fear’: Thoughts on education and Malawi at 54
Would having more students per university rather than more universities be acceptable also? Because this can also be done without increasing the number of the existing ones.
adamson
On 7 July 2018 at 03:56, 'Doreen Myrie' via Bwalo la Aphunzitsi <bwalo-la-aphunzitsi at googlegroups.com> wrote:
Maybe it's just me. I've been gone a long time. It seems we need more than the 4 public universities we currently have.
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On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 9:45 PM, Billy Gama<gamabilly34 at gmail.com> wrote: Thank you very much Doc for this important information.
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018, 03:17 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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