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More than fifty-two Bible learners from Ngwenya Club say they will not be shaken by the students’ riot that happened on January 18, 2012 as the students were demanding classrooms, instead they will continue pursuing the Bible Correspondence Course they are currently undergoing with LHM Malawi.
In January 2012 starting from early morning hours, students took the school administration to task in a riot, demanding classrooms for learning. In order to calm down the angry students, the armed police from nearby Trading Centre were forced to use teargas. Students stung with pangs chanting demanding songs despite the police presence.
The police were actually engaged in running battles with the school pupils causing mayhem in the whole township.
The young learners are protesting shortage of classrooms. Peace has since returned to the location. Arrests have been reported but no specific details are yet available on identities.
Ngwenya Primary School closed for a week as pupils demanded classrooms.With about ten thousand learners, Ngwenya Primary School is said to be the most populous school in Lilongwe city. According to Mr. Victor Kwacheramwina, a school principal, students stoned headmaster’s office and block the road from Area 22 to Ngwenya no vehicles passed through. “Learners even came to my office demanding classrooms”. He said. Some students come in the morning shift and other group comes in the afternoon and they said even there are two shifts the classroom space is not adequate, other students learn under the tree, students told our reporter.
The School Principal further says the issue started sometimes ago adding that teachers are also demanding hardship allowances because of large number of students at Ngwenya Primary School in Lilongwe. A week after the school closed, LHM Malawi staff visited Ngwenya school for a follow up our Bible Club. Students were asked if the riots caused them to forget about the Bible course they were currently undergoing, and majority said they will continue learning until they complete and then graduate with LHM Malawi.
Ngwenya School Bible club has over one hundred active students who are studying the Real Life Series with LHM Malawi.
The School is also in Education partnership with the Gibraltar Elementary School of United States of America. This tremor might have disrupted these projects but God did not allow it to happen.
