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Global Coalition for Foundational Learning School Visit

Officials from the Global Coalition for Foundational Learning were in Malawi recently and visited Chimwansongwe Primary School in Lilongwe on 30th November, 2023 which is an NNP impact school. The purpose of the visit was to observe...

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NNP Celebrates World Teachers Day and International Day of the Girl

The National Numeracy Programme (NNP) joined the world in celebrating all teachers on 5th October 2023 with this year’s theme "The Teachers We Need for the Education We Want: The Global Imperative to Reverse the Teacher Shortage.”...

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NNP LARGE PRINT WORKBOOKS

Melina Dickson is a 11-year-old Standard 3 learner at Nsiyaludzu Primary School. She has low vision and is based at Nsiyaludzu Resource Centre. Initially, Melina was finding it very hard to read from the workbooks that she had been...

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NNP Empowering Specialists’ Teachers.

Maggie Promise Makupe is a specialist teacher at Domasi Demonstration Primary school in Mchengawedi zone in Zomba. She started her teaching career in 2014 and has served for nine years. In the year 2019, she went to Montfort college...

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British High Commissioner Visits Chibavi Primary School

On 19th September 2023, British High Commissioner (BHC) to Malawi Fiona Ritchie visited Chibavi Full Primary School in Mzuzu City Education District, under Chibavi Education Zone in Northern Education Division. The objective of...

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Foundational Learning Steering Committee Launch

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On Wednesday, 19th April 2023, the Foundational Learning Steering Committee (FLSC) was launched officially at Kumbali Lodge in Lilongwe by the Minister of Education Hon. Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima. The aim of FLSC is to unify different...

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NNP Team Building!!

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21st April 2023 was an exciting day for NNP since the NNP Team had a Team Building exercise at Peak Gardens in Lilongwe. The exercise was led by Issac Tembo of SGR Training International. Staff members from the central office...

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Andy Brock's Visit to Malawi

Andy Brock, the Managing Director of International Education for Cambridge Education recently visited Malawi where the National Numeracy Programme (NNP) is being implemented. He had a school visit, attended several meetings and...

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Celebrating International Day of Education 2023!!

On 24th January 2023, the world celebrated International Day of Education under the theme "to invest in people, prioritize education." NNP celebrated this important day by visiting one of its Pilot Schools, Chambu Primary School...

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IWD and launch of the International Women and Girls Strategy in-country Panel Discussion

On 9 March, 2023, FCDO hosted a panel discussion to mark International Women’s Day and launch the International Women and Girls Strategy in-country. The objective of the event was to gather insights regarding issues around gender...

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Celebrating International Women's Day with Vitumbiko Chaponda

International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8th March and the theme for 2023 was “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” NNP visited Chiuzimbi Primary School in Lilongwe to chat with one of its teachers:...

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Counting early gains in community participation

When teacher, Patricia Thambo, and her colleagues at Gombe Primary School in Thyolo district invited parents to school to make shapes for their children to use in mathematics classes, they were overwhelmed by the response. Gombe...

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McFead Mkandawire’s writing journey

“From each writing workshop, I gained a new skill. Now I can help create books for teachers and learners and my teaching has improved as well,” explained McFead Mkandawire, a teacher from Dedza district. McFead started teaching...

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A new curriculum for mathematics in Malawi is exciting teachers and learners

Zione Sarah Banda is a primary school teacher at Mchedwa Primary School in Lilongwe Rural West Likune Zone. She is one of the teachers working with the National Numeracy Programme (NNP) to develop a new curriculum and teaching and...

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Improving teaching of mathematics through teacher learning circles

The Teacher Learning Circle at Chiole Primary School in Ntcheu district has been active since 2016. Every month, the TLC meets to discuss teaching and learning issues. Chiole is one of the 200 schools taking part in the NNP pilot...

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