AFORD President, The Right Honorable, Enoch Kamuzingeni Chihana would like to sensitize the general public that the DPP led Government intends to falsefully announce that it will abolish the quota system of education following his intensive campaign against it in the North in recent weeks.
The AFORD President is aware of the fact that DPP wants to blindfold Malawians that it will end the quota system, while in actual sense, the system will still be operational on the ground, especially after the 2019 Tripartite elections.
The DPP is expected to announce the abolition of the quota system in Chitipa today where Mutharika is planning to hold a rally this afternoon aimed at deceiving Northerners on the matter under discussion.
The quota system which has targeted Northerners is not only cruel to the people of the region, but also inhuman as it suppresses brilliant Northern Region students while promoting average students from other regions to have space at the University. The quota system has become very unpopular among Northerners as most deserving students with good points, fail to have entry into the University.
DPP must be told that it is just wasting time on its plan to blindfold Northerners on the evil of the quota system of education. Let it be aware of the fact that Northerners have had enough of such harsh treatment under its leadership.
It is also an insult to the people of the Northern Region on the plans that the DPP led Government has of beginning to turn Government Secondary Schools in the North into Universities. We have witnessed the state of the art university, which stands magnificently in Thyolo, Southern Region. We also have College of Medicine, Polytechnic, and other constituents of the University of Malawi in the Southern and Central Regions; yet North has none.
It is now rumoured that DPP intends to turn Mzuzu Government Secondary School into a University structure. For once, why can’t the Government build a proper University in the North other than turning Secondary Schools into universities? This clearly shows that the DPP led-Government does not value Northerners. DPP must stop taking Northerners for granted.
Saulos Thindwa
AFORD Presidential Spokesperson