The Ministry of Youth and Sports has today launched the 2023-2028 National Youth Policy in Lilongwe, with an emphasis on the need to incorporate more young people in leadership and governance roles.

National Youth Policy Launched

Implement fully the provisions of the National Youth Policy

Athletics Malawi partners with the Balaka district council to host a kid&rsquo;s athletics challenge competition

Athletics Malawi Encourages sports

Invest in facilities necessary for young people’s creative, artisanal and sporting skills to grow, market their skills and work, and protect the royalties and copyrights

The government of Malawi through the Ministry of Information and Digitisation constructed an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) laboratory at Thawale Community Day Secondary School (CDSS). This will cater for the students in this area and hope are that these facilities help improve the quality of education in the country&nbsp;

School Internet connection excites Mwanza communities

Ensure all schools have modern classroom blocks and necessary facilities

The government, through the Higher Education Students Loans and Grants Board (HESLGB), has approved 28,883 applicants for academic loans for Malawi students.

Malawi students receive boost as 28,883 get loan approval

Create multiple opportunities for young people to eradicate youth poverty

The government launched the first-ever Children's Parliament with the first session held in Salima.

'Salima Children’s Parliament launched

Develop a youth leadership programme through the Service Scheme

Government launches a national social service call centre in Lilongwe&nbsp;

200 000 more to benefit from social protection

Work with relevant development partners to fully institutionalize a social protection system that is shock sensitive and guarantees household resilience

The government through the Ministry of Water and Sanitation rehabilitated the Champhira and Msaka water schemes in Mabulabo, Mzimba District.

Mzimba people hail water schemes rehab project

Ensure that every Malawian in every village has access to safe and portable water within the next three years.

The government through the Government to Enable Service Delivery (Gesd) project, has built a staff house for the staff at Chima Health Centre in Likoma district.&nbsp;

Government builds Staff house in Likoma

Provide decent housing to all personnel serving in the health, military, police, immigration and other emergency services.

The Ministry on Water and Sanitation announced that &nbsp;the Salima- Lilongwe has finally taken off the ground to improve the water situation in the areas affected

'K535bn Salima-Lilongwe water project takes off

Complete the Salima-Lilogwe water project

President Chakwera launched University innovation Pod at Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences campus in Blantyre to make sure that the infrastructure of these universities allows for better quality education

President launches university tech hub

Expand public university infrastructure: more hostels, program digitization and introduce an academic exchange program

Government has passed a new law &nbsp;consolidating the Handicapped Persons Act of 1972 and the Disability Act of 201. Minister of Gender, Community Development, and Social Welfare J. Sendeza stated that under this new law, &nbsp;construction of buildings will now have to be disability-friendly, while improving access to health care, education and other services for people living with disabilities

Parliament passes new disabilities Law

Ensure that all facilities for public use, including commercial facilities, are disabled friendly

The ministry of education has trained 50 university students from across the country under the Seed for the future program with the assistance of &nbsp;China&rsquo;s Huawei Technologies, with the aim that the &nbsp;various computer and ICT skills improvement trainings will fill in the gap as companies in the country move towards a more digital approach.

'Education Ministry Challenges Youths To Champion Digital Transformation Agenda

Invest in the development of skills aligned with employer needs through extensive curricula review

The government of Malawi has signed the Labor Export deal with Israel in a bid to fulfill the administration&rsquo;s commitment to creating jobs and empowering the youth. youths will be sent to Israel to work on farms&nbsp;

Malawi and Israel signs a Labor Export deal

Introduce a National Youth Service (NYS) and Jobs4Youth Programme to all youth completing secondary school and tertiary education including all out of school youth

President Lazarus Chakwera has secured about K45 billion on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA to assist the most disadvantaged households through the Social Cash Transfer Programme

Chakwera secures K45bn for ultra-poor

Increase the proportion of government’s funding commitment to social protection

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has turned down university students&rsquo; plea for the temporary suspension of the recently announced tuition fees&rsquo; hike

Government snubs university students on fees hike

Review university fee structures to meet both university obligations and affordability

The EU and government of Malawi - created the first Youth Sounding Board which will guide and inform EU&rsquo;s actions in the country to ensure that the union&rsquo;s interventions are relevant

The Government with European Union calls for utilisation of youths

Ensure that all levels of government treat youth as partners in development and meaningful change agents to ensure the prosperity of Malawi

The Ministry of Education has launched a new United States Agency for International Development (USAid)-funded Transforming Higher Education Systems&nbsp;

New higher education project to increase access to Stem

Ensure all qualifying students to access and complete tertiary education programmes

Government developed five pillars that will work towards reducing learning poverty from the current 87 percent to 21 percent and ensure that 80 percent of learners can read fluently and with meaning by Standard Four.
The five pillars&nbsp; are :&nbsp; Provision of best support to Standards One to Four teachers and introduction of Early Childhood Learning (ECD) in all primary school.
Improve training and deployment of teachers; redesign the national curriculum and improve its resourcing. Expand school feeding programme coverage from 35 percent to 100 percent and digitise education for access, quality, efficiency and resilience.

Government developed five pillars that will work towards reducing learning poverty.

Invest in development of a critical mass of care givers in the ECD facilities

A high court in Malawi has convicted five people of murder for the 2018 killing of a 22-year-old albino man, including the victim&rsquo;s brother. The court convicted seven other people of selling the victim's body parts

Malawi Court Convicts 12 People in Albino Attack

Make abduction and killing of people with albinism a capital offense punishable by death without option for clemency

Ensure every primary school going child sits on a desk by 2024

Promote science and technology by removing relevant taxes to reduce data cost, give every university student a personnel laptop, and provide internet broadband for all public spaces

The government, through the Ministry of Water Sanitation, has begun construction on the Lilongwe-Salima Water Project, which aims to improve access to clean, safe water.

Lilongwe-Salima water project starts

Make water available to all Malawians, especially in the rural areas, through a strategic network of piped water schemes and boreholes.

Enforce and promote the 2013 Gender Equality Act

Change laws to criminalise harmful cultural practices and intensify public education programmes and engage traditional and religious leaders on such

The Government of Malawi, through the Northern Region Water Board constructed the solar farm funded by the European Investment Bank

Solar Farm constructed at Mzuzu Water Treatment Station

Revamp and modernize water and sanitation systems in all the major towns and cities across the country

President brings back the abolished quota sytem

President brings back the abolished quota sytem

Abolish the quota system for secondary and tertiary education selection

Introduce ICT lessons from ECD, primary, secondary to tertiary education

Establish three world-class specialized secondary schools for youth selected from a rigorous and multi-faceted assessment

Introduce a cascaded secondary school program to study the Constitution and other civic matters

Ensure all secondary schools have electricity within the first three years of government's inauguaration

98,753 &nbsp;candidates pass JCE in 2021

98,753  candidates pass JCE in 2021

Reintroduce the Junior Certificate of Education

The construction of a computer laboratory at Chamama Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Senior Chief Wimbe, Kasungu District, has begun, where Minister of Education M.K. Wirima presided over the groundbreaking ceremony.

Construction of secondary school computer labs in progress

Ensure every secondary school has a fully equipped and functioning ICT laboratory

Encourage private sector and religious institutions to invest in ECD facilities

President Chakwera launched Early Childhood Development Advocacy Campaign.

Early childhood Development Advocacy Campaign Launch

Ensure every child has access to decent Early Child Development (ECD) facilities

Government cuts budget allocation for Action Plan for the Protection of People with Albinism to K200 million&nbsp;

Budget Allocation cut for Action Plan for the Protection of People with Albinism

Fund and operationalize the National Action Plan on persons with albinism; empower community policing initiatives; and guarantee security for people with albinism

The Ministry of Labour has finalised the development of the Labour Market Information System (LMIS) to enable systematic collection and reporting of administrative data, including in respect of child labour, forced labour and human trafficking

Labour Market Information System developed

Adopt a policy of zero-tolerance to trafficking in persons and child labour

Build Special Needs Learning Centers (SNLCs) in every council to cater for kindergarten, primary and secondary schools with boarding facilities

Incentivize Government Print and private institutions to produce adequate  braille education materials and facilities for examination.

Encourage importers of computers to make available voice and touch based computer programmes

Provide bursaries to all children with disabilities and/or albinism qualifying for tertiary education in universities, community or technical colleges

Fight stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS and ensure that they live a healthy life with meaningful participation

Introduce social cash transfers for all persons with albinism

Fast track reforms designed to improve the institutional and organizational framework for delivering social protection interventions that maximize strategic impact

Umodzi Consultancy Drills in partnership with the Ministry of Labour organised a three week training for 70 youths.&nbsp;

Three week training held for 70 youths

Engage the youth and promote the activities of religious organisations, CSOs and business to develop their personal, technical, and social skills

The Government of Malawi is constructing a multi- facility stadium that will have a state-of-the-art court.

Multi-facility stadium begins construction

Construct a state-of-the-art national netball complex capable of hosting international competitions

Pass and enforce legislation effectively banning foreigners from owning or appropriating hawker or vending businesses

The government launched the Malawi Secondary Cities Plan (MSCP).

Launch of Malawi Secondary Cities Plan

Provide low cost housing in all urban areas to enhance access to affordable housing especially among public sector employees.

Blantyre City Council (BCC),signed a Public Private Partnership agreement with Kenyan construction firm Web Tribe.

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National Youth Policy Launched