Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects
Handover Ceremony
The Project for the Expansion of Umodzi Community Day Secondary School in Zomba District
November 17, 2015
Picture on the Centre: His Excellency Shuichiro Nishioka (left) and Mr. MacGregory Alufandika, South East Education Division Manager, representative of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, cutting the ribbon to mark the official handover of the project at Umodzi Community Day Secondary School in Zomba District.
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On Tuesday, 17th November 2015, His Excellency Shuichiro Nishioka, Ambassador of Japan to Malawi handed over newly constructed school facilities for Umodzi Community Day Secondary School.
Umodzi Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) was established with support from Aquaid LifeLine Malawi in order to increase access to secondary education, particularly for graduates from Umodzi Primary School. The school is located in the rural areas of Traditional Authority Mwambo in Zomba District. It was established in 2012 with two classroom blocks and sanitary facilities. However, the school did not have eminent infrastructure facilities for reading, teaching science subjects and a teacher’s office.
In order to address some of the challenges the school is facing, the Government of Japan provided a grant amounting to USD110, 184 (about MWK45.7 million) to Aquaid Lifeline Malawi, under the Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects. The grant facilitated the construction of a laboratory, a library and an administration block, and the procurement of school furniture and science teaching equipment in order to provide quality and relevant education.
Speaking during the ceremony, His Excellency Nishioka said the project completion is timely as it coincides with a new secondary school curriculum introduced by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, in which chemistry and physics will be compulsory subjects in all secondary schools including the Community Day Secondary Schools; therefore, it is important for schools to build a laboratory for science education. He concluded his remarks by emphasizing that Japan prioritises to assist Malawi to improve its science education. For many years, Japan has engaged in the development of science education in Malawi through Strengthening Mathematics and Science in Secondary Education (SMASSE) project and the deployment of science and mathematics teachers through Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer programme.
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