UDF Director of Research Humphrey Mvula and DPP's Director of Women Patricia Kaliati were on Sunday pitched side by side to debate over their respective party manifestos at Civic Centers in Blantyre.
Electoral Commission EC organized the debate to offer an opportunity to parties contesting in next week's elections to sale their manifestos to the public.
When asked to share what UDF has planned on education, Mvula said apart from removing tuition fees for public secondary schools if voted into government the party would remove English as a yard stick for students to enter the University of Malawi.
The UDF manifesto proposes a review of University Entrance Examination criteria to enable those students who get a pass in English at O-levels to access tertiary education. But Kaliati observed that the proposal has the potential to kill or lower education standards in the country.
SOURCE: Daily Times 12 May 12, 2009
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