CSCQBE
Mandate
Up coming Events
On 30 September 2011, The CSCQBE will hold a public debate on academic freedom at Mzuzu University with the view to generate discussion on the matter. Chancellor College was closed after lecturers refused to return to classes for fear of spies after their colleague, associate professor Blessings Chinsinga, was summoned by Inspector General (IG) of Police Peter Mukhito over an example he gave in a public policy class about uprising in the Arab world. MANY HAVE SPOKEN, BUT WHAT IS THE REAL ISSUE ABOUT ACADEMIC FREEDOM? LET YOUR VIEWS BE KNOWN: ONLY MZUNI UNIVERSITY DEBATE PROVIDES THIS PLATFORM. COME ONE COME ALL!!!!
Notable Quote
"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world" - NELSON MANDELA
The Civil Society Coalition for Quality Basic Education
CSCQBE is a Coalition of diverse independent and voluntary organizations (non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, teachers union, religious based organizations, and District Networks), each having their own activities and constituencies.
Formed in July 2000 the Coalition unites Civil Society Organizations
(CSOs) in the common pursuit of the right to quality basic education in
The Coalition has a membership of 70 CSOs and 27 District Networks in in Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Mzimba
South, Mzuzu, Kasungu, Ntchisi, Dowa, Lilongwe, Mchinji, Dedza, Ntcheu,
Mangochi, Machinga, Zomba, Chiradzulu, Blantyre, Phalombe, Nkhatabay, Salima, Mwanza, Nkhotakota, Chikwawa, Balaka, Mulanje, Neno and
Nsanje.
The Coalition activities are focused on the basic
education sector, which is defined in line with the provisions of the
Education Act (1962), as covering primary education. However, issues of higher and tertiary education also remain centre stage of the Coalition’s activities. It is on this basis that the Coalition is currently re-aligning its name in view of that bigger mandate of providing alternative support to government in achieving quality education at all levels.
In its advocacy programmes, the coalition facilitates capacity
building and training of civil society organizations, and sensitizes and
mobilizes local grassroots structures such as Parents' Teacher
Associations (PTAs) and School Management Committees (SMCs) and
communities in order to effectively contribute towards implementation of
education plans at national, regional, district and area levels.
At national level, the Coalition aligns its activities to the National Education Sector Plan (NESP) which is an overarching education policy document. The NESP sets particular focus on access and equity, quality and relevance, and management and government. The Coalition
advocates for the achievement of Education for All (EFA) goals as well
as education Millennium Development Goals (MDGS). In this regard the
Coalition advocates for expansion of early childhood development (ECD),
universal free and compulsory primary education.