Director of Quality Assurance Services in the Ministry of Education, Associate Professor Golden Msilimba made the remarks in Lilongwe on Monday morning during a press briefing held along side with Teacher’s Council of Malawi (TCM) and Directorate of Teacher Education and Development.
Associate Professor Msilimba said in it’s one year operation, following establishment of it’s secretariat in December 2023, and subsequent operations in January 2024, TCM has of today received 6053 application from student teachers for indexing, 93372 teachers applied for registration and 42844 applied for licencing.
He said by 15 February, all application forms shall have been processed and thereafter registration roll will be open for verification by registrants both physically and online.
“By 31st March, we shall have the final document with all registered teachers and education administrators, and come 1st April, the law will be in full force, no unregistered teacher will be allowed to practice,” Msilimba said.
He disclosed that manual application has delayed issuance of registration certificates and licences, as data entry clerks need to capture the information on forms into their system.
“Registration is done once, but licencing will be done every three years, teachers will be paying K15,000 every year and after three years they will just be getting the licence after cumulatively paying K45,000 as fees for renewing licence,” Associate Professor Msilimba added.
In her remarks, TCM Registrar, Grace Mphandamkoko said, the number of registered teachers shows very few are remaining and the are hoping will register by 31st March.
She has since encouraged all the unregistered teachers to do it online to hasten the process of registering them.
