Malawi College of Fisheries in Mangochi has been non-operational for about half a year now following its closure in April due to fiscal incapacitation, Nyasa Times has established.
The closure reflects badly on government’s commitment towards ensuring the efficiency of the fisheries department.
Despite falling under the Ministry of Agriculture, the department received funding that was unable to support less than thirty students.
We have been home for about six months now, one of the students who opted for anonymity told Nyasa Times. We had problems of food and other basic necessities that government is supposed to provide to us.
Apparently, most of the students that go to the college are already government employees who go there for refresher or upgrading courses.
Well-placed sources at the college confessed that funding to the institution has been a mess.
There is no will to support the institution on the part of government. It is frustrating, one senior member of staff at the college said.
Director of Fisheries in the Ministry of Agriculture could not immedietely comment.
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