Inefficiencies drain K282bnin education, study shows

Inefficiencies drain K282bnin education, study shows

Malawi is losing about $161 million (about K282 billion) annually due to inefficiencies in the education system such as grade repetition, school dropouts and irregular enrolment, an analysis has computed. Presented to the Parliamentary Committee on Education in Lilongwe on Monday, the analysis shows that grade repetition alone accounts for $67 million of the annual losses, making it the single biggest drain on the sector. The researchers also fo…