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Education, Lifestyle, Malawi

Malawi’s 2020 MSCE Exams out with 41.42% pass rate

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Nyalonde announcing 2020 MSCE exams results

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) Acting Executive Director Dorothy Nampota on April 1, 2021 announced the 2020 MSCE exams, with a pass rate of 41.42 percent.

MANEBO in conjunction with Ministry of Education told the news conference in the capital Lilongwe that out of 138,310 candidates that sat for the examinations, only 57,293 candidates have passed.

Minister of Education Agnes Nyalonje said that the 2020 MSCE exams pass rate is the lowest in over a decade.

Nyalonde however attributed this to the shifting and closure of schools in March 2020, cancellation of exams which left candidates disoriented and also strict controls in administering the exams.

The Minister of Education observes that this is the first time Malawi has administered a cheat-free and leakage-free examination.

Nyalonje added that it is disheartening though that out of 26,000 teachers needed in the country’s public secondary schools, the country has less than 15,000.

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Education

Disability body courts Maneb on MSCE exams disparities

Maravi Post Reporter

By Tawonga Sesani

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Persons with disabilities have asked the Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) to ensure safe and secure environment for candidates with disabilities.

Fedoma, an umbrella body for persons with disabilities has made the appeal amidst reports of inadequate resources in some examinations centres.

Currently, Maneb is administering final examinations for four of over 150,000 candidates.

However, among other concerns, Fedoma has expressed worry over the mixing of candidates with and without disabilities.

Munde said the mixing up of students brings confusion since students were not prepared to be accommodated jointly.

According to him the situation has created challenges for special needs candidates who have not been allocated special needs invigilators.

However Munde has urged Maneb to consult students who are writing exams on changes they have made rather than just effecting the changes.

According to acting executive director of Fedoma for the past years students with disabilities were having there own invigilators and we’re having their own rooms for exams.

On the other hand Munde has expressed gratitude over the availability of materials used by disability students during exams like brail

District News, Law and order

Mchinji father and son arrested for MSCE exams cheating

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MCHINJI-(MaraviPost)-The Mchinji Police station is keeping in custody a 47-year old man and his son after the former willfully hired his child to write the current Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations on his behalf.

Mchinji Police spokesperson Kaitano Lubrino, identified the suspects as Andrew Mvula, the father who works as a clerk at Mchinji District Council, was caught cheating after he allegedly hired his son, also known as Andrew, to write his exams for him.
The suspect, who hails from Traditional Authority (T.A.) Mkanda in the district, is among 345 students writing this year’s MSCE exams at Mchinji Cluster Centre, where three secondary schools are writing the examinations.

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