public universities
Coverage of public universities in the Nexus archive.
- Not the right questions
The article critiques the political discourse during budget season, highlighting a focus on infrastructure projects like new university buildings and large hospitals over essential metrics such as primary education and basic healthcare improvements. It emphasizes the constitutional mandate for education and criticizes the neglect of critical indicators like literacy rates and preventable deaths.
- Subject Expert Groups to conduct curriculum gap analysis in public universities
Subject Expert Groups are set to conduct a curriculum gap analysis in public universities. The initiative aims to assess discrepancies in educational programs to improve alignment with current standards.
- Malawi: Malawi Parliament Committee Flags Funding Gaps At Public Universities, Calls for Increased Subventions
Malawi's Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Technology has called for increased government subventions to public universities, warning that persistent underfunding is undermining the quality of higher education across the country.
- Malawi: Govt Defends University Fee Doubles As Students Fear Being Priced Out
Malawi's government approved a 100% increase in university tuition fees as an emergency measure to address a financial crisis in higher education. Students are concerned about being priced out of public universities following the fee doubling.