By Linda Kwanjana
Minister of higher education, Dr Jessie Kabwila has unveiled pure online application for all teachers Training Colleges across the country.
Speacking during the unveiling ceremony which took place at Malawi Institute of Management (MIM) Campus in Lilongwe, Dr Kabwira said the initiative is a game changer towards providing a equitable access to quality teacher’s education.
“This is a milestone in higher education towards promoting equitable access to quality teacher education. This milestone is the 100 percent online application to public Teacher Training Colleges,” he said.
He said this is historic and is being implemented for the first time in Malawi.
“Am pleased to announce that for the first time ever, candidates to our public Teacher Training Colleges will apply 100 percent
online through the Public Universities Selection (PUS) system by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), who,
following my Ministry’s request, have graciously customized the PUS system to facilitate a system for handle applications to teacher training colleges,” said Dr Kabwira.
According to the Minister, this is the kind of collaboration and teamwork that her Ministry is championing, to leverage resources and expertise to ensure efficiency and prudence in resource
utilization.
Kabwira commended Malawi President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera for all this achievement.
“These are some of the fruits of the President Dr. Chakwera’s wise decision to create a standalone Ministry of
Higher Education where NCHE and DTED are now under one roof, creating this seamless collaboration” she said.
The Minister emphasized that while the Ministry is using the customized PUS system to receive and manage TTC
applications, NCHE is not involved in the selection.
“It is the Ministry of Higher Education that does the selection. The president has also directed us to ensure that there is efficient
service delivery through digitalisation for the good of our people in the village. In fact, going digital in TTC operations is in line with the MW 2063 digitisation agenda for education, namely, “ she said.