By Chisomo Phiri
The Malawi National Examinations Bord( MANEB) says the administration of Malawi School Certificate of Education ( MSCE) English paper 1 examinations at Ching’ombe and Chadza 1CDSS in Lilongwe Rural East Was yesterday, November 1, 2021, disrupted by stormy rains which blew off roofs of facilities where candidates were sitting examinations.
Maneb says a total of 171 candidates had their scripts completely soaked by the rains and three candidates sustained some injuries and were treated as outpatients at Nathenje Health Centre.
However, In a statement dated November 2, 2021, the borad’s Executive Director Dorothy Nampota says to ensure fairness in the administration of examinations, the board will administer a deferred examination of the paper to all the 171candidates affected by the disaster.
” The date for the administration of the deferred examination will be communicated to the candidates in due course.
Arrangements have been made to relocate the candidates to the nearest available facilities where they will continue writing the remaining examinations as well as the deferred English paper 1 examination”, says Nampota.
