Govt Urged To Extend Exams Registration Period
PRISAM officials during the briefing
Educationists have revamped Private Schools Association of Malawi( PRISAM) with a call to government to consider extending examination registration by another week.
Examination registration were closed on April 16 this month to displeasure of various stakeholders including parents and students.
PRISAM trustee Dr Hastings Moloko said this during a press briefing in Blantyre on Friday, April 23.
Moloko argued that time that was given for the exams registration after Malawi school certificate of education (M.S.CE) results were mild way through the month whereby most of Parents had exhausted their income.
“Registration fee closure should have been delayed up to the end of April to allow parents receive salaries.” Private Schools Association of Malawi (PRISAM) has asked the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) to extend the examination fee registration at least by a week in order to accommodate learners that were left out due to some […]
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February 25, 2021 Jeromy Kadewere -Nyasa Times 3 Comments
Education commentators have joined parents who have asked the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) to extend the registration of candidates for 2021 PSLCE, JCE and MSCE examinations.
Kondowe: Parents request is valid
According to a communication from MANEB, it states that registration starts on 22nd February and ends on 8th March 2021.
“This is to inform all that registration of candidates for 2021 PSLCE, JCE and MSCE examinations in all MANEB registered examination centres starts on 22nd February and ends on 8th March 2021,” reads the communication from MANEB.
However, this has not gone well with most of the parents as they said the time allocated is not enough for them to search for registration money considering the fact that schools have just been re-opened.
Independent Schools Association of Malawi (ISAMA) has commended government’s decision to have schools reopened on Monday, February, 22 after five weeks of clo