By Chisomo Phiri
The top private school institution Maranatha Private Academy says it is set to reward at least 13 students from different secondary schools in the country who performed well in the 2022/2023 Malawi Schools Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations.
The students are those who managed to score 6 to 9 points.
According to the school’s Managing Director(MD) Ernest Kaonga, they are set to give the rewards during this year’s Maranatha Heroes Party prize presentation ceremony to be held on August 31, 2023 at Bingu International Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe.
Kaonga said the heroes party award initiative event has been introduced to encourage students in Malawi to excel in education.
He said during the event, Vitumbiko Kaunda, from Mtendere secondary school is earmarked to get K1 million for scoring six points.
Others to be awarded include Arnold Nyasulu from Robert Laws Secondary School (seven points)
,Praise Kabaghe (eight points) and Hastings Kumwenda (eight points), both from Maranatha Boys Academy.
“We will also recognise nine girls from public and private institutions for attaining nine points,” said.
Kaonga added that the institution has organized the function as a way of contributing to the national agenda of promoting quality education in the country.
In the just released 2023 public universities selection, 306 students from Maranatha Academy have been selected to different public universities.