INTRODUCTION

The Government of Malawi through Ministry of Education and Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, with funding from World Bank would like to implement the Skills for A Vibrant Economy (SAVE) Project. The estimated cost for the proposed project is US$ 100 million and expected duration is 5 years (from 2021 to 2026). The proposed Project is aimed to improve access to market-relevant skills programs in priority areas of the economy, ensuring equity in skills training with empowerment of women and girls and vulnerable youth through targeted skills in priority areas of the economy and  creating a conducive policy environment & strengthening systems and institutional capacity for skills development, which will center on: Technical, Entrepreneurial, and Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) and Higher Education Reforms, Student loans, Industrial links, Digital technology and Safeguards, Capacity Building, and Technical Assistance among other systemic issues.

The Project will help to among others: (i) Increasing equitable access to market relevant skills development programs in priority areas of the economy in public higher education institutions (ii) Increase equitable access and market-relevance to technical and vocational education and training opportunities in priority areas of the economy and (iii) support Tertiary education student financing and system strengthening, project management, M&E and communications.

The Directorate of Open, Distance and e-Learning (DODeL) being one of beneficiary institution to benefit from the SAVE project has initiated a project to create an Ed-Tech hub at its Malawi College of Distance Education Regional Office in Area 3, Lilongwe. The work shall involve the rehabilitation of the existing buildings and extension to create more education technology workshops and office space.

The areas of work include the Teaching and Learning Technologies Studio, Learning Analytics Room, Virtual Science and Virtual Reality/Artificial Intelligence Lab, Research Room, Teachers’ Lounge, Training Room, and an Ed-Tech Maintenance Workshop. The facility will serve as a model education technology center to support teaching and learning best practices, research and innovation aimed at improving open, distance and e-learning (ODeL) in Malawi.

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NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE

The Government of Malawi is implementing Skills for a Vibrant Economy (SAVE) Project with support from the World Bank (International Development Association). SAVE is financed through a national resource envelope of US$100 million from International Development Association (hereinafter the Association) for a period of five years. The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase equitable access to market-relevant skills in priority areas of the economy, especially for females and vulnerable youth.  The project consists of 4 Components which are; Component 1. Supporting public higher education institutions in increasing equitable access to market relevant skills development programs; Component 2 - Supporting Technical, Entrepreneurial, and Vocational Education and Training to increase equitable access to market relevant skills development; Component 3- Tertiary education student financing and system strengthening, project management, M&E and communications and Component 4- Contingency Emergency Response.

This notice therefore serves to notify interested and or affected persons/ parties and the general public of the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) and the Asbestos Management Plan, that were developed for the rehabilitation of the Malawi College of Distance Education (MCDE) regional office buildings in Area 3, Lilongwe, with support from the Skills for a Vibrant Economy (SAVE) project.

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Project Background

The Government of Malawi through the Ministry of Education (MOE) is implementing a project called Improving Secondary Education in Malawi II (ISEM II) project with support from the European Union.
The primary goal of this initiative is to provide young people with more equitable opportunities for completing good quality secondary education and development skills. The ISEM II FA initiative encompasses three specific objectives (SOs):

1. Specific Objective 1 (SO1): Facilitate the equitable enrolment of students in secondary education.
2. Specific Objective 2 (SO2): Enhance the quality of secondary education.
3. Specific Objective 3 (SO3): Strengthen the governance and management of secondary education institutions at both central and decentralized levels.

To realize these objectives, the ISEM II FA initiative will use two government-implemented grants: i) A 4.3 million EUR grant dedicated to the soft component focused on quality and governance objectives. ii) A 40.5 million EUR grant allocated for hard component, including infrastructure and equipment.

Implementation of these grants has just started with a duration of 36 months.

The terms of reference for ISEM II Project Implementation Unit positions can be downloaded here.

The Ministry of Education is pleased to inform the general public that it has recruited and promoted 9,753 secondary school teachers at different grades. For more information, please refer to the list of the successful candidates.