The University of Malawi (UNIMA) recently celebrated 192 students who made the Dean's List for their academic performance in the previous semester. During a ceremony held at the Great Hall on March 12, Vice-Chancellor Professor Samson Sajidu praised the scholars for their commitment. According to the UNIMA website, 12 top-performing students who achieved a Grade Point Average of 3.90 to 4.0 received the Vice-Chancellor's Award.
In infrastructure developments, the Malawi Institute of Education (MIE) convened a handover meeting to transition the consultancy of its ongoing Training Complex Project to private firm Ruo Consultant Limited. The project, initiated in 2022 under the Public Sector Investment Programme, will feature a lecture theatre, seminar rooms, and workspaces to increase MIE's capacity to host curriculum development and professional training forums, the MIE website reports.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education commended the Catholic Church for its contributions to the sector during the inauguration of the St. Thomas More Campus of the Catholic University of Malawi in Lilongwe. AMECEA News reports that the university, guided by its 2022 to 2027 strategic blueprint, is also planning to construct a third campus at Ekaiweni in Mzuzu. The institution aims to increase its total student enrolment to 10,000 by the year 2027.
Finally, as Malawi marked the International Day of Mathematics on March 14, education advocates called for increased domestic funding for foundational numeracy following the withdrawal of UK aid for the National Mathematics Curriculum Reform Programme. According to Modern Diplomacy, the cessation of external funding comes at a challenging time, as the national education budget share recently dropped from 16.6 percent to 11.7 percent for the 2025/2026 fiscal year. Stakeholders are urging the government to prioritise early-grade mathematics to curb high primary school dropout rates.