At least 611, 144 students across all regions of Malawi are expected to sit for the 2024 national examinations, Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) has announced.
MANEB on Thursday released a statement saying everything is in place for the Board to administer examinations from 22nd May to 26th July 2024 with Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE)examinations from 22nd May to 24th May 2024, Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) examinations from 4th June to 13th June 2024 and Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations from 2nd July
to 26th July 2024.
This year’s registration of candidates was conducted from 17th September to 31st December
2023, with an extension of four days from 9th to 12th January 2024.
Registration and payment of examination fee contributions were done online through MANEB e-registration and e-payment systems. All MANEB-approved examination centers have access to online portals where they register
candidates, generate invoices and confirm examination fee payments made by candidates.
“Registration of a student is completed upon payment of examination fee contributions. The online payment of examination fees for the 2024 examinations was done through several e-payment platforms including Mpamba, Airtel Money, National Bank Mo626, NBS Eazy Bank, Standard Bank Unayo, First Capital Bank, and FDH digital banking facilities,” reads the statement in part.
Similar to 2022 and 2023, more female candidates have registered to sit for
PSLCE and JCE examinations than male candidates. The trendhas has also been the same for MSCE where more male candidates register and sit for the examinations compared to female candidates.
At the PLSCE level, 262, 216 learners are expected to sit for examinations with 134, 695 being females 127, and 521 being males. JCE will accommodate 163, 950 learners with 84, 226 being females and 79, 724 being males. 184, 978 learners will sit for this year’s MSCE examinations with 88,191 being females while 96,787 are males.
MANEB to provide enough security during Exams
As one way of preparing for the exams, MANEB held interface meetings with different stakeholders in preparation for the administration of the 2024 examinations, Including District Education Managers, state security agencies (Malawi Defence Force and Malawi Police
Service), Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM), Malawi Secondary School Head
Association(MASHA), Independent Schools Association of Malawi (ISAMA), Private Schools Association of Malawi (PRISAM), and Secondary School Teachers
Union (SESTU).
“During the meetings, a review of issues encountered in the 2023
examinations administration was conducted. The stakeholders also participated in planning for the administration of the 2024 examinations,” said MANEB Executive Director, Dr Dorothy Nampota.
The Board assured security during the administration of the exams as they said that they would continue to work with the state security agencies, Malawi Defence Force (MDF), and Malawi Police Service(MPS).
“MDF and MPS will undertake their mutually agreed roles as follows: MDF will secure all examinations storage facilities while MPS will be providing security in all examination centers. In preparation for the examinations, the three-year Memoranda of Understandings, which will run from 2024 to 2026, was signed between MANEB and MDF, and MANEB and MPS,” she adds.
