The 2025 MSCE examination results show a 58.44% pass rate, an improvement from last year’s 54.79%. Out of 194,584 candidates, 113,708 qualified for the certificate, with national secondary schools recording the highest success rate at 96.85%.
In a remarkable feat of faith and discipline, Lilongwe's Bunda Christian Academy has achieved a flawless 100% pass rate in the 2025 Junior Certificate of Education exams—stunning many just two years after its founding. Director Pastor Martin Mbewe attributes the success to prayer, commitment, and a values-based approach to education
Education experts agree that Malawi has made progress in improving examination performance, but warn that unless issues of gender imbalance, poverty, and school access are addressed, the system risks leaving thousands of children behind each year.
Malawi’s 2025 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) and Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) examinations have registered improved pass rates compared to last year, with officials hailing the progress but warning of persistent challenges such as gender disparities and poor performance in some districts.
Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima has attributed the 8.7 percent rise in female participation in this year’s Junior Certificate Education (JCE), to national commitment to ensuring equity and access to education for all.
The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) requires approximately US$1.5 million to settle the balance for printing three national examinations administered in 2024.
Despite Friday’s directive from the Ministry of Education asking teachers marking the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations, some of them have not...
Although the Ministry of Education has come in to resolve the misunderstandings between teachers marking the 2024 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations and the Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) uncertainty reigns over the matter.
Private Schools Owners Association of Malawi (PRISAM) has hailed the Ministry of Education and the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) for promptly releasing the...
The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has announced the 2024 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) results, with an impressive pass rate of 86.16%.
Minister of Education, Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima, says she is pleased with how the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations have started in different centres.
