Alarming new child labour numbers reiterate the need for quality public education
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic,
the number of children pushed into child labour has reached 160 million, a 8,4 million increase, with 9 million more at risk. This alarming trend can be effectively addressed by making quality public education accessible to all, a top priority worldwide.Â
The impact of the COVID 19 pandemic with its accompanying school closures and economic crisis, is being felt by millions of children who have been pushed into the labour force at a devastating rate.Â
The number of children forced into child labour has reached an alarming 160 million worldwide according to the latest numbers from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNICEF. This is an increase of 8,4 million since the last report 4 years ago.
Government says it is awaiting a decision of its negotiating team with the Teachers Union of Malawi on the resumption of negotiations over the once off Covid-19
Chief internal auditor at the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB), Harrison Manda, and owner of Multi Career as well as Royal Private Secondary Schools in Karonga and Mzuzu respectively is said to have been behind the leakage of the 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations that led to their cancellation before they were administered in January this year,
Nyasa Times understands.
Our sources, who include teachers, students and other school owners based in Mzuzu, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said for sometime now Manda has been “fond of leaking some examination papers” to form four learners at his schools.
It seems the centre cannot hold for Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) supposed to be a mother grouping for teachers in the country following its slow but steady crumbling following the formation of a new union for secondary school teachers. TUM, since its establishment in 1995, has been dealing with teachers in primary, secondary and tutors in […]
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