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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Standard Bank and Press Trust have launched a joint scholarship scheme at K30 million targeting 68 students from 12 national secondary schools. Speaking at Likuni Boys Secondary School in Lilongwe where the fund was launched for this year, Standard Bank Head of Legal and Governance, Norah Nsanja said the scholarships are a continuation of the bank\u2019s investment towards improving the quality of education across all key levels in Malawi.<\/p>\n

She said the bank has a solid track record of investing in education as the sector is a prerequisite in contributing economic development of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether with our partners, we share the same vision that education is a catalyst for stimulating economic growth and prosperity,\u201d Nsanja said.<\/p>\n

Press Trust Chief Executive Gibson Ngalamila said the coming on board of Standard Bank has increased the number of beneficiaries from two to four per district.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had been running the scholarships as Press Trust since 2003 but due to pressure \u2014 as demand for scholarships grew \u2014 we asked Standard Bank to join us in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has helped to enhance the scholarship as more students are accessing secondary school,\u201d Ngalamila said. Beneficiaries of the fund commended the bank for its commitment to ease the financial and material burden they face to complete their education.<\/p>\n

A representative of the secondary students, Alex Chikwinde said the fund has is going a long way to increase access to affordable education for disadvantaged children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this fund, we are able to go to school with the confidence that we will not be withdrawn for the lack of tuition and boarding fees. It\u2019s been a huge relief for most of us as we could not afford the fees and other needs such as stationery,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Director for Secondary Education in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Florida Banda said the lack of tuition fees and related needs is a serious challenge in the Malawi education sector. She said government partnered Standard Bank, Press Trust, UNICEF and CAMFED to boost its existing scholarship scheme for needy students.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful for the role of our partners in helping to alleviate this problem. Although government\u2019s scheme covered some 14,000 needy students this year, it was not enough to reach out to every pupil in need,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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