Peace Corps Malawi Education Sector

	A typical Community Day Secondary School.

The Peace Corps/Malawi secondary education project provides teachers to Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSSs), generally community started and supported entities. Volunteers teach in the fields of physical science, mathematics, biology and english. The Malawi educational system has undergone serious stress and deterioration in the past few years, due to many reasons, including the initiation of free primary education in 1994 that has greatly increased the need for schools and teachers. The level of need for our teachers was indicated in a meeting with a Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education, when it was stated that if the Peace Corps could provide 7,000 teachers, they would take them. The project focuses on girls’ education and Life Skills training, and uses CCBI (Community Content Based Instruction) techniques.