MINISTER OF EDUCATION PRAISES LUANAR WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED AFTER BUNDA COLLEGE WAS DELINKED FROM UNIMA

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Limbani Nsapato

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Jan 26, 2021, 2:41:44 PM1/26/21
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Colleagues, you might find the attached short video interesting.

During the Minister’s recent visit she noted that Enrollment at LUANAR had increased exponentially to the extend of being equal to that of UNIMA (combining four colleges). LUANAR was created after Bunda college was delinked from Unima. Then it’s enrollment was very low. But now it’s doing very fine thanks to delinking !

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Adamson S. Muula

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Jan 27, 2021, 3:32:49 PM1/27/21
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CoM has just (last week) handed 600 hospital beds to Ministry of Health. If we had delinked, I am sure someone would have linked this to what a delinked college can do. 

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 9:49 PM Levi Manda <adman...@gmail.com> wrote:
I doubt it very much. Management style changed.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 11:56 PM Billy Gama <gamab...@gmail.com> wrote:
Very inspiring video indeed, thanks for sharing

On Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 9:41 pm Limbani Nsapato, <lnsa...@gmail.com> wrote:
Colleagues, you might find the attached short video interesting.

During the Minister’s recent visit she noted that Enrollment at LUANAR had increased exponentially to the extend of being equal to that of UNIMA (combining four colleges). LUANAR was created after Bunda college was delinked from Unima. Then it’s enrollment was very low. But now it’s doing very fine thanks to delinking !

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Steve Sharra

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Jan 27, 2021, 3:58:07 PM1/27/21
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On Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 10:32 PM Adamson S. Muula <amu...@medcol.mw> wrote:
CoM has just (last week) handed 600 hospital beds to Ministry of Health. If we had delinked, I am sure someone would have linked this to what a delinked college can do. 

Prof Muula,

Had CoM delinked, not only would you have donated 1,000 hospital beds, you would have developed a coronavirus vaccine. You would have named it CoMVax.

Steve

Adamson S. Muula

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Jan 27, 2021, 11:44:27 PM1/27/21
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For argument sake, suppose it was not Bunda that went out first, if it was KCN, Poly or CoM that delinked first, would we have been seeing the same or similar things as at LUANAR? Of course this is a hypothetical question. 

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Adamson S. Muula

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Jan 27, 2021, 11:49:16 PM1/27/21
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Of course without serious reforms UNIMA is a dead institution, unfortunately. 

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Adamson S. Muula

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Jan 28, 2021, 4:07:19 AM1/28/21
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I will draft up a response and present in a public article. That said, there are likely to be many views as to how this can be achieved. Kind regards,

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On Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 7:17 AM Jonathan Makuwira <jmak...@must.ac.mw> wrote:
Prof Muula,

What sort of reforms would you want UNIMA eng

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 at 08:08, Levi Manda <adman...@gmail.com> wrote:
These are the questions people should have been asked to improve UNIMA before MPs were fooled into supporting a preconceived plan.


I personally find it unethical for  UNIMA delinking consultants to pretend to be disinterested implementation advocates. Be quiet now and let those with dissenting views and proposals talk.

Are we sure UNIMA is failing to up enrollment because the colleges are bundled?  Give us a better and more academic argument, please.

Was it Prof Tiyambe Zeleza who gave a paper on how Unima could increase enrolment and improve delivery without disbanding? He came all the way from Nairobi only to be ignored.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 7:17 AM Jonathan Makuwira <jmak...@must.ac.mw> wrote:
Prof Muula,

What sort of reforms would you want UNIMA engage in?

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