Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has called for concerted efforts between government and other relevant partners in the education sector to free the sector from over dependency on donors.

The call has been made on the sidelines of post Global Week for Education event held in Lilongwe on June 7, 2023 hosted by Civil Society for Education Coalition.

Board Chairperson for CSEC, Limbani Nsapato said that over reliance on donor aid for education is gravely affecting the quality education due to the ripple effect caused by conditions set by donors on instances the sector secures aid .

“It has gravely affected the education sector for example one of the conditions for the IMF is that the wage bill should not grow beyond 7.5 percent of the GDP meaning that we cannot recruit more public servants especially the teachers.

“Then as a country we are suffering because we cannot have quality education without sufficient teachers,” he said.

As a solution CSEC is championing Decolonising Education Financing in a bid to remove donor influence in the education sector.

Msapato said this will allow the nation to achieve relevant milestones in regard to education delivery.

He has since suggested that government should develop practical ways of generating resources that will contribute to the education sector such as introducing an Education Levy which will move the country’s ability to contribute revenue in the region of 60 billion a year.

Nsapato further stressed on the need for prudent use of resources channeled towards the sector in order to realise maximum potential.