Africa-Press – Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera on Friday night awarded five teachers for their outstanding contribution to service delivery in the education sector.
The awards were presented during the Chakwera Classroom Heroes Gala held at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe.
The five outstanding teachers are Bridget Manda Khando of Dziwe Community Day Secondary School in Blantyre, Felix Matandika of Chichiri Secondary School in Blantyre City, Cosmas Chimtowe of Chayamba Secondary School in Kasungu District, Esnart Lino of Chitokolo Primary School in Phalombe District and Lumbani Chembe of Bale Primary School in Rumphi District.
Khando scooped the Excellence in Education Leadership and Innovation Award at secondary school level while Matandika got the Academic Excellence and Youth Advancement Award for contributing significantly towards Chichiri Secondary School’s status as the best day secondary school in Malawi.
Chimtowe received the Subject Mastery and Academic Impact Award in Agriculture while Lino was awarded for emerging the Most Outstanding Primary School Teacher in 2024.
Chembe scooped the Outstanding Primary School Leadership Award for emerging the Best Head teacher in Malawi’s Primary School Section.
Speaking during the gala night, Chakwera said the prosperity and security of every nation rested on the ingenuity of its teachers.
The Malawi leader said the country’s three branches of the government were strewn with fruits of good teaching.
“So, whether you talk of judges and magistrates in the judicial branch; or clerks and administrators in the legislative branch; or controlling officers and directors in all ministries, departments and agencies of the Executive branch; or the chief executive officers and managers of our statutory corporations; of directors-general and executive directors of our independent governance institutions, the common thread that put them in those positions is that they got an education.
Chakwera also thanked his primary school teacher, a Mr Chitsunda, who turns 93 at the end of June, for his contribution in moulding the Malawi leader.
On her part, Basic and Secondary Education Minister Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima hailed Chakwera for the awards, which she said would motivate teachers to continue working hard.
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