61 Years of Independence and the Classroom Still Bleeds
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We Wave Flags, But Our Future Is Still Barefoot Sixty-one years after the British flag came down, Malawi’s classrooms are still trapped in the past. The chalkboards are cracked. The roofs leak. The teachers are tired. Every year, the government pledges billions to education, yet UNICEF reports that less than 20 percent of Malawian children aged 7 to 14 can read with understanding, and only 12 percent can handle basic numeracy. This is not just a statistic. It is a…
