The Current State of Secondary School Computer Studies Teachers Training in Malawi (A Synopsis)

In 2005, the government of Malawi introduced computer studies as an examinable subject in Malawian secondary schools. According to the Malawi School Certificate of Education Computer Studies syllabus, the rationale for this decision was that computer literacy is becoming important in everyday life and as such Malawian secondary school students need to have the skills to use computers so that they can be of benefit in the present social economic environment in terms of self-employment, entrepreneurship and further education.

Despite this exciting development, there is a shortage of computers and qualified computer teachers in
these secondary schools. The shortage of computers in some Malawian secondary schools has been partly eased by computer donations in secondary schools by different charitable non-governmental organizations. However, there are many secondary schools that cannot offer Computer Studies because there are literally no computers to be used for teaching in those schools.