Ministry announces candidates selected into public universities
The Ministry of Higher Education has announced the names of candidates selected into public universities and two public colleges of education. The announcement was made on Thursday 27th February, 2025 at Golden Peacock Hotel during a press briefing presided over by Minister of Higher Education Dr. Jessie Kabwila. The minister said the occasion was memorable because higher education is pivotal to the seven enablers of the MW2063, particularly human capital development. “I need not to emphasise that human capital development is one of the top drivers of accelerated realisation of the Malawi 2063 agenda,” she said. The selection of candidates is done by the public universities but the exercise is coordinated by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE).
In the 2024/25 cycle, a total of 24,582 (15,692 males and 8,890 females) qualified. A total of 12,819 candidates (7,627 male and 5,202 female) have been selected by the six public universities into their programmes, including City Campus and ODeL programmes at LUANAR. In addition to selection by public universities, Domasi and Nalikule colleges of education have selected 1,356 candidates (794 male and 562 female bringing the total number of selected candidates to 14,175 (8,421 male and 5,764 female) representing a gender parity of 59% male and 41% female, which is above the 40:60 minimum ratio advocated in the Gender Equality Act of 2013. The 14,175 candidates selected this year so far, is 58% of the total number of qualified applicants which represents 27% increase from last year’s combined figure of 11,122 candidates announced in the 2023/2024 cycle.
“MZUNI is expected to select from the same 2024/25 harmonised public universities selection data bank about 2,500 candidates to be offered the same generic studies under the Open, Distance and e-Learning mode, which will bring the total number selected students to 16,675 representing 68% of qualified applicants.”
The selection has also ensured inclusiveness in higher education and has this year selected 95 candidates with special needs to the public universities; 35 of whom were selected on merit, while 60 were affirmatively selected upon meeting the minimum entry requirements of six credits including English.
