Maryam Girls Teachers Training College (MGTTC) emerged number one for producing students who have performed well in the 2025 primary Teacher Certificate of Education PTCE examination results for IPTE 19 cohort.
In a statement, Malawi National Examinations Board MANEB, says the college has topped all colleges based on the proportion of As and Bs with a 68.43 percent pass rate.
The Mangochi based college has been seconded by saint Joseph Teachers college with 61.81 percent, Dowa with 57.81 percent, Chiradzulu with 57.54 percent and Phalombe, with 52.00 percent.
According to MANEB, out of the 2,997 candidates who sat for the examinations, 2,969 have passed representing 99.07 percent pass rate.
The statement further says out of 1,781 female candidates who sat for the exam, 1,766 have passed representing a 99.16 pass rate.
Meanwhile deputy Principle for MGTTC Raynard Chikopa has commended the hardworking spirit by members of staff as well as the students that have contributed to its exceptional performance.
Chikopa said this in an interview with Radio Islam’s Fatima Ida Daudi in reaction to the college’s exceptional performance.
“As a college, we are really happy, we are happy for the staff members, we are happy for the students for working hard and we will make sure we continue to preform well in the examinations”, he said.
Chikopa said expressed optimism that the college will also continue to perform well when they start offering Diploma programmes which is still in the pipeline.
“We expect to continue performing well even when we start the diploma programme because in certificate, the students write seven subjects during MANEB exams while in diploma, the students will be specialising in one major subject, another minor subject and the professional teaching foundation, so we expect the students will be able to perform even better because the number of subjects will be reduced”. Added Chikopa.
When asked to confirm the exact date of commencement, he highlighted that currently the college is waiting for the government to finalise the process, to allow them start offering the Diploma programmes.
Maryam Girls Teachers Training College which was opened in December, 2005 and is run Bilal Trust, offers Initial Primary School Teacher Education to female students.
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