A visit by The Daily Times crew to some city schools discovered that most pupils were sent back because most female teachers were invited to the DPP meeting held at Comesa Hall in Blantyre.
A head teacher at one of the schools, who pleaded for anonymity, said he received a phone call from South West Education Division, instructing him to release all female teachers for the DPP meeting.
"I have more than 60 female teachers and I have released all of them. However, I was not told why they wanted the teachers," he said.
According to the head teacher, most of the teachers at his school were female hence the suspension of classes.
But a pupil at another school said "we are not learning akuti ana onse akazi a Mose apita ku Comesa".
A visit to Comesa Hall found that hundreds of women had filled the hall to capacity, some were outside, others at Kamuzu Upper Stadium dressed in party colours and civil service cloth.
Some women outside the hall said their party leaders told them to support all women in the forthcoming general elections.
"We were told that we should vote for women regardless of their political affiliations," said one of the women who refused to be named.
DPP spokesperson Hetherwick Ntaba said he was aware of the meeting in Blantyre but referred this reporter to the National Director of Women Patricia Kaliati who could not be reached on her mobile number on several attempts.
On the suspension of classes, Ministry of Education spokesperson Lindiwe Chide was ignorant of the matter.
The country's fourth general elections are just 20 days away.
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