Congratulations to Catholic University of Malawi for Pioneering Diploma in Adult Education and Development Program

[Limbani Nsapato]

Dear Colleagues,
I would like to share good news within the Adult Learning and
Education sub-sector. Two weeks ago on 25th March, Minister of Gender,
Community Development and Social Welfare, Hon Patricia Kaliati,
launched the first ever Diploma in Adult Education and Development
program in the country pioneered by Catholic University of Malawi
(CUNIMA), with support from DVV International. This is a great step
towards professionalizing the adult learning and education (ALE)
-subsector which faces challenges in qualified human resource to
improve the quality and access of ALE provision in the country. The
National Adult Literacy and Education Policy approved by government
last year, requires active participation of all key players including
public and private universities to ensure successful implementation.
Higher education institutions can assist in addressing gaps in the
sub-sector through quality training, research and community outreach
as well as advocacy.

Most speeches on the day urged both public and private higher
education institutions to emulate the example set by CUNIMA is
introducing diploma programmes. I wish these programmes go up to
bachelors, masters and PHD levels, why not?

I contributed to events of the day, by giving a public lecture on the
status of ALE in Malawi and the role of higher education institutions.
Please find the pdf attached.

Once again, congrats CUNIMA management led by Vice Chancellor, Rev.
Dr. George Buleya for for leading the way. And special thanks to DVV
International through Mr. David Harrington, the Regional Director, for
providing financial and technical support, as well as offering
scholarships to at least 10 students apart from providing assorted
equipment to help the programme succeed. We need more donors and other
players to support CUNIMA and other Universities that would like to
take up this new challenges. The leadership shown by Ministry of
Gender in providing policy direction and gracing the launch of the
diploma programme should not be taken for granted. Special thanks to
Hon Kaliati and the Management in the Min of Gender as well.

Regards,
Limbani.





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[Pascal Mtuwana fic]

Thanks Limbani for your gracious statement. This is a milestone and historic event.

Congratulations all round!

Pascal

On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 at 10:31, Lucky Mbewe <crown7...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Dr. Nsapato,

Thank you so much for sharing this good news. This is indeed a move in the right direction in shaping the future of ALE in Malawi. Will surely go through the attached document to familiarise with your public lecture presentation on the status of ALE in Malawi.

Regards.

Lucky Crown Mbewe 

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[Julie Juma]

Great initiative. Congratulations to all involved.

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[Adamson S. Muula]

Thank you for the information and well done CUNIMA.

On the speakers who implored other universities in Malawi to take up diploma courses, did they (the speakers) also address what problem doing so would address? Or were there other justifications?

adamson

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[Limbani Nsapato]

Hi Alick/Adamson,
I will leave it to colleagues from CUNIMA to address the rationale for
starting with Diploma. However, my observation is that programmes at
CUNIMA are progressive from certificate, diploma to degree level. I
have a feeling that after the pioneer programme the university will be
enrolling at degree level. I have seen same trend with other
universities, eg University of Namibia, University of Mumbai..
For other higher education institutions, i guess they can start from
bachelors level, depending on capacity and facilities available. It's
not like the call was for every institution to start with diploma but
rather to integrate Adult Education and Development in the higher
education programming depending on capabilities. Apologies if there
was some misleading info in the post...
Limbani.


On 4/7/21, 'Alick Nyasulu' via HigherEdMalawi
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> I would rather the focus be on Bachelor degrees going up. For some reasons,
> I find the idea of starting with Diplomas wanting. We should simply raise
> the bar right at the start and improve a degree programme as we go along.
> It does reflect badly on ambition level even if the programme is new.
> Congratulations CUNIMA.
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> Best,Alick
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[Adamson S. Muula]

Both The Polytechnic and MUST are graduating people at Certificate, Diploma, General Degree and Honours level depending on how many credits have been accrued.

240 Credit hours= Certificate

360= Diploma

480=Degree

600= Hon Degree

Not being an expert in education, I will watch out for your advice and discussions in the future.

adamson

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