Govt threatens to close down Maranatha Academy for relocating to Balaka

The Tonse Alliance government through Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST) has quashed a move by some private schools and Colleges to relocate to new premises without approval.

The development comes barely a week after Maranatha Academy Form Two and Form Four student from Blantyre to Balaka and Zalewa in Neno for classes following a government sanctioned extended holiday for Blantyre and Lilongwe schools owing to the cholera outbreak.

In a statement released on Monday, January 9, 2023 seen by this publication, the relocation of schools without government approval contravenes section 38 of the Education Act 2013.

The Ministry has since asked Maranatha Acadamy to revert to its base or the school will be closed.

Below is the statement;