Malawi is struggling to provide free primary education it introduced 25 years ago to give all children a basic education. Teachers say they were not prepared for the massive rise in student enrollment, leaving schools without adequate infrastructure, teachers, and supplies. Charities have stepped-in to address the problem, as Lameck Masina reports from Nkhatabay district, in northern Malawi~VOA NEWS
Malawi Charity Addresses Lack of Primary Education
United Nations ecretary-General António Guterres meets with Boris Pistorius Federal Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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