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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>President Dr Lazarus Chakwera says his government is committed to sustaining allocation to the education sector with at least 15 to 20 percent of national expenditure by 2030.<\/p>\n

President Chakwera was speaking at the UN Transforming Education Summit hosted by the United Nations Secretary General Anto\u0301nio Guterres at the UN Headquarters in New York, US.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy government affirms its support for the new Global Compact on Education Financing,\u201d said President Chakwera when he outlined thematic action tracks as commitments within the overarching cost Blended Education Strategy for Transformation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis includes increasing tax-to-GDP ratio by 5 percentage points to 21.4 percent through progressive tax reforms by 2030 and to sustain allocation of at least 15 to 20 percent of national expenditure, and at least 4 to 6 percent of GDP, for domestic financing of education,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He told the summit that Malawi reconfigured the school calendar to enable learners to catch up on days lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, introduced remedial lessons and intensified back-to-school campaigns for school dropouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also set to establish a national \u2018Education Radio\u2019 station, as well as a digitalized secondary school curriculum for increased access to education, and now many of our higher education institutions are developing their online education capabilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President said education will be mandatory from early childhood to secondary level in Malawi to achieve a 100 percent primary and secondary completion rate in a safe learning environment by 2030.<\/p>\n

He also said Malawi will construct and adequately equip more secondary schools and teachers\u2019 houses, improve primary school teachers\u2019 welfare and training to a diploma or degree level.<\/p>\n

\u201cMalawi commits to scaling up best practice teaching and learning innovations and technologies, with expanded access to digital learning opportunities, including for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccordingly, educational institutions will be enabled with energy, connectivity and digital skills training,\u201d said President Chakwera.<\/p>\n

Chakwera has pleaded with developed nations to put into action the Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) calling for properly designed digital education platforms that could revolutionize education and expand opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease put it to good use and remember that it is a programme of action, not a programme of empty talk,\u201d said Chakwera, who is also the chairperson for the LCDs.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI, therefore, call upon all of you to support us Least Developed Countries in our quest to transform education for meaningful human capital development in LDCs. The time is now,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

The education summit was one of the engagements organized by the UN Secretary General ahead of the official opening of the 77th United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2022.<\/p>\n

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