Английская Википедия:Agnes Nyalonje
Шаблон:Short description Agnes Nyalonje is a Malawian politician who has served as the country's Education Minister since July 2020.
Education
Nyalonje has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Social Science from the University of Malawi, a postgraduate diploma in personal and development from the University of Edinburgh and a master's degree in literature from the University of Leeds.[1]
Career
Nyalonje was a lecturer in linguistics at the University of Edinburgh and at the University of Malawi.[1] She worked as a consultant for the World Bank and as country director of UNAIDS from 2002 to 2004.[1] She was also a technical adviser to the World Health Organization in South Africa.[1]
Political career
Nyalonje was elected as the MP for Mzimba North representing the People's Party in 2014.[1][2] She joined the newly formed UTM Party in October 2018, saying she was seeking to "fight rampant corruption" and overthrow the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.[3] However, she withdrew from participating in the January 2019 primary elections.[4]
Nyalonje was appointed Minister of Education by President Lazarus Chakwera on 8 July 2020.[5][6] She retained the position in a January 2022 reshuffle.[7] On commencing the role, Nyalonje said her priority was to overhaul the country's "rotten and archaic" education system, which has one of the lowest transition rates in the world,[8] with only 6% of primary school students graduating to secondary school.[9]
Nyalonje oversaw the reopening of schools on 7 September 2020 after their closure in March that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] In February 2022, she launched a Code of Conduct for teachers that seeks to regulate professional conduct across the education sector.[11] In June 2021, Nyalonje was sent out of Parliament for not wearing a school uniform as all other female members had done to mark the Day of the African Child and advocate for female education.[12]
Personal life
Nyalonje is married to Robert Ridley, who is vice chancellor at Unicaf University Malawi.[1][13]
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