LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Ministry of Education has hailed the collaboration with the Indian-based GD Goenka University, saying it will improve equitable access to higher education, as the university complements the government’s efforts of increasing access to higher education by admitting Malawian students on scholarships.
Director of Higher Education in the Ministry, Dr Levis Eneya made these remarks during a press briefing which Ministry of Education jointly held with GD Goenka University officials at Capital Hotel in Lilongwe.
Dr Eneya disclosed that prior to the partnership, the ministry sent a team which was led by officials from Malawi Embassy in India to visit the university to ascertain its credibility.
“To concretise the ministry’s position, when the team came back home, we invited the owners of GD Goenka University to Malawi in order to deepen our discussions, and the discussions were unanimously agreed to be very convincing and we took a step further.
“The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) was engaged to look into the university’s programmes, credibility and it’s accreditation status before we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the university,” he explained.
The Director said under the MoU, GD Goenka is offering 52 tuition scholarships where, two are full, and 50 are partial, where 20 of them require students to pay 50% tuition fees, and 30 scholarships require students to pay 70% of the tuition fees.
Director of International Admission and Marketing at GD Goenka University, Dr Ajeet Kumar Nedungadi said, they will advertise the scholarships in local weekend papers beginning April 6 and interested applicants will apply up to 7th June.
GD Goenka University offers diverse programs such as engineering and sciences, hospitality and tourism, humanities and social sciences and law among others.
