Recent cuts to Official Development Assistance have prompted calls for a strategic review of education financing in Malawi. In an article published on March 12 on the Global Partnership for Education website, Alice Ching'oma of the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office stated that the reduction in global aid requires Malawi to use external support to complement domestic funding more efficiently. The publication noted that during the 2025 financial year, only 7 percent of the government education budget was available for development needs such as classroom construction and teacher training, with the vast majority consumed by salaries and recurrent costs.
In the higher education sector, management at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) toured the TACE Experimental Farm on March 12 to showcase recent agricultural innovations. According to the university, the programme was established by TACE in partnership with Gala to support practical learning and research.
Separately on the same day, LUANAR's Center for Continuing Education and Professional Development published the names of successful candidates for its residential University Certificate programmes. A notice on the institution's official portal confirmed the newly admitted cohort includes both self-funded students and those supported by the Skills for a Vibrant Economy (SAVE) project.