{"id":31015,"date":"2022-09-09T18:40:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T18:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/st-andrews-primary-school-belongs-to-malawi-government-ag"},"modified":"2022-09-09T19:27:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T19:27:24","slug":"st-andrews-primary-school-belongs-to-malawi-government-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/st-andrews-primary-school-belongs-to-malawi-government-ag","title":{"rendered":"St Andrew\u2019s Primary School belongs to Malawi Government \u2013 AG"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda has argued that Malawi Government is the rightful owner of St Andrew\u2019s International Primary School which was founded in 1938 and charges nearly K4 million as fees per student per term.<\/p>\n

Chakaka made the arguments at the High Court in Blantyre recently in the case in which 83 parents of learners at the school obtained an injunction stopping the school\u2019s board of trustees from executing their duties.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General joined the case and wants the school to be under the Minister of Education as was the case during the era of late president Kamuzu Banda.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThe property belongs to the government. There was no instrument that shows that the school was transferred to the trustees. \u201cThe trust is void and ownership has to revert to government. School fees are over K3 million per term, does it exist for the benefit of the public?\u201d<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that the land where the school lies is legally owned by government and St Andrew\u2019s doesn\u2019t pay city rates, land rent or taxes despite making millions per term.<\/p>\n

However, lawyer for the board of trustees Noel Chalamanda argued that the school is not government-owned as it does not get support from the government.<\/p>\n

Chalamanda said: \u201cWhen we say the school, we don\u2019t mean the land or buildings, but the thoughts behind the school. \u201cMinistry of Education has not done its part. Isn\u2019t it reasonable that the Secretary for Education should have issued a trust deed?\u201d<\/p>\n

St Andrew\u2019s and three other international schools in Malawi were run by the Ministry of Education through the Designated Schools Board of Governors but later the ministry accepted to cede control to boards of trustees for each school, following a request from parents.<\/p>\n

However, there was a requirement that a trust deed legalizing the trusteeship would be executed. According to the parents, for St Andrew\u2019s, while a trust deed was drawn, it was never executed. The trustees originally appointed by the Designated Schools Board of Governors are no longer running the school.<\/p>\n

In their application, the parents want the court to declare that the current eight trustees, who are among defendants in the case, are illegal trustees and cannot continue running the affairs of the school. They also want the trustees to account for money and property of the school during their tenure of office. The school, however, wants the injunction vacated. High Court Judge Jack N\u2019riva is yet to make a ruling on the matter.<\/p>\n

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