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Aligning Testing with Teaching and Learning: Reflections on the Dehumanization that Standardized Testing Brings

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Fr. Dr. Benedict Dada Zele The Catholic University of Malawi Faculty of Education The basic argument of this article is that for healthy educational environments, testing must match with teaching and learning. The article acknowledges that academically, Malawi has entered a “testing season” characterized by mock and secondary school entrance examinations. The mock examinations which […]

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Curriculum innovation: a promising solution to evolving education NEEDS

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Anaclate Josen Basic Sciences Department, The Catholic University of Malawi Commentary on the Workshop on Curriculum Innovation organized for the CUNIMA Academic Members of Staff Insanity is doing the same thing, over & over, and expecting different results. Quite a sweepingstatement it is, contestably believed to be a definition of madness given by Albert Einstein,

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Are There Silent Voices or Is There a Deaf World?

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On the Ontological Nature of Voicelessness Father Benedict Dada Zele Department of Education, The Catholic University of Malawi It is not uncommon to hear reformers, civil rights activists, and change agents saying thatthey are the voices of the voiceless. This article probes the ontological nature ofvoicelessness. It speculates that those whom people categorize as voiceless

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Conflict Analysis Report: Democratic Progressive Party

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Chimwemwe Kandodo Political Science Department, The Catholic University of Malawi 2 significant development initiatives, including the construction of key infrastructure. Arguably,the DPP under President Arthur Peter Mutharika manifested a significant shift in dimension ofleadership characterised by governing the country without direct budgetary support. Despitebeing somewhat development oriented, as portrayed by its two previous presidents, theunresolved

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Clarifying the confusion: Natural Hazard to Disaster

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Dr. Isaac Kadono Mwalwimba Centre for Environmental Affairs, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies The Catholic University of Malawi. Do you know that there is a significant confusion in the usage of the terms ‘natural disaster’ and ‘natural hazard’ among both non-experts and experts? I encourage you to read this academic letter to gain a

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Early Warning Systems in Urban Malawi: A Review of Opportunities and Challenges

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Dr. Isaac Kadono Mwalwimba. Centre for Environmental Affairs, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, The Catholic University of Malawi. Early warning systems (EWSs) save lives, livelihoods, and infrastructure and support long-term sustainability. The United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) calls for “EWSs to reach everybody within the next 5 years (2023-2027)”. Many countries have started building EWSs

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