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News24th November – National News - MalawiNetwork wants compulsory educationBY AGNES MIZERE Africa Network Campaign on Education for All, (Ancefa) has listed free and compulsory universal basic education for all including children ...
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Member Organisations
Civil Society Coalition for Quality Basic Education (CSCQBE), Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM), Action Aid /CEF, Save the Children, Participatory Rural Development Organisation (PRDO), Centre for Children and Youth affairs (CEYCA), Voluntary service Overseas (VSO), Private Schools Association of Malawi, (PRISAM), Forum for African Women Educationists in Malawi (FAWEMA), Deeper Life Christian Ministries
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What happened in Action Week 2009?
Malawi held Global Action Week activities both at district and at national levels from 19th-25th March. Logistical, fundraising efforts, production of materials, banners, welcome invitations of VIPs, speeches, musicians and testimonials were all part of the national launch, held in Mchinji on 22nd April. Mchinji district was chosen because it has the highest adult and youth illiteracy rates in the country.
The timeliness of these activities in relation to the national elections on 19th May was crucial in light of the fact that political parties were given a platform to respond to educational issues.
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What happened in Action Week 2008?
Exciting things happened in Malawi during and around Action Week. The National Launch was attended by the Deputy Minister of Education Hon. Olive Masanza, the Minister of Information and Civic Education who is also Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Patricia Kaliati, the Principal Secretary for Education, and Directors of Basic Education.
They sat on the floor and listened as the students took them back to school and presented the World’s Biggest Lesson. Public debates were held in 6 districts to create awareness on why people are being excluded from education and to create action plans on what could be done to address the situation.
There were promises from the Ministry to send 30 desks to Namphungo FP School, deploy teachers to Mulanje, build a girls' boarding school and add more school blocks. The MP for the area, Hon. Kaliati was inspired to donate 60 bags of rice towards the School Feeding Programme.
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What happened in Action Week 2007?
Global Action Week was launched nationally at a public rally at a football ground in Ntchisi district, Central Region, to which the Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Hon Anna Kachikho and 5,000 children turned up. The children sang, performed and wrote messages of their demands for education.
The demands included: the need for the review of Malawi’s Education Act to incorporate compulsory basic education, that the next budget allocates more
to education, and for more political will to implement Education for All. The Education Minister promised to deliver the campaign demands to the President Bungu Wa Mtharika.
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