State President Lazarus Chakwera will b installed as the Chancellor of University of Malawi (UNIMA) on Thursday in Zomba, Great Hall as 461 students are set to graduate.
the president is set to preside over the graduation of the students who are to be honored with Certificates, Diplomas and Degrees from Constituents colleges of Chancellor College, Kamuzu College of Nursing, College of Medicine (COM) and The Polytechnic.
However, with the COVID-19 pandemic, the graduating students will hold no parade as has been the tradition.
“Instead of the parading exercise, names of students for a particular Programme would be read and when the last name is mentioned, they will all stand up and the drum will be beaten marking their initiation into the Unima Alumni.
“Even those with credits and distinctions, they will also stand and follow the same pattern,” said UNIMA Registrar Dr Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga.
The installation will come barely a fortnight after Chakwera was also installed as Chancellor of Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR).
Chakwera is a graduate of Chancellor College.
