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esponsible should create village agencies so that teachers do have to travel to town for their salaries. Furthermore, the system should be upgraded to real Cash-Collection Cards rather than the current ones which are merely used as identity cards. • For the Malswitch specifically, o MSB needs to ensure that implementation of the electronic payment system is done in phases with those near bank facilities having their cards activated first. o There is need to ensure that facilities are in place before effecting the implementation facility – in its present format, the electronic payment not only encourages altruism but also imposes an implicit tax on teachers salaries as it means they have to travel, wait in rest houses, pay for food, etc in order to get their pay from urban centres where availability of the money is not guaranteed. o MALSWICH should work with MSB closely – after all both are Government owned entities. MALSWICH needs to request that those near MSB and other MALSWICH-connected banks are serviced first on the pilot stage. MALAWTCH should also require a minimum of a single auto teller before software is provided to a district education management area. This two-way reinforcing beyond profit-making would bring mutual and sustainable benefits to the electronic payment programme. • The uncertainty by teachers on Malswitch on whther their salaries are available at the bank needs to be reduced or completely eliminated since it is also responsible for haphazard movement of teachers to banks to check for pay around pay days. This can be done through introduction of Portable Phone 39
ased information mechanisms that the MoEST can implement so that proper and accurate information on availability of cash at the banks is transferred. We hope that the above recommendations would help improve the situation and motivate teachers towards delivery of quality teaching services. 6.0 REFERENCES • Government of Malawi, 2008. National Education Section Plan (NESP) 2008 – 2017, Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MOEST) Guide Book, Lilongwe, Malawi. • Government of Malawi, 2009. Financial Report for Malawi, Ministry of Finance Annual Release, Lilongwe, Malawi • Government of Malawi 2009/2010. Budget Estimates for Year 2009/2010 Hand Book, Ministry of Finance, Lilongwe, Malawi. • Government of Malawi, 2009. Financial Report for Malawi – Education Sector, Ministry of Finance Annual Release, Lilongwe, Malawi • Malawi Economic Justice Network 2009: Budget Analysis Report for Malawi, Annual Release , Lilongwe, Malawi. 40
Page 1 and 2: FINAL REPORT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRA
Page 3 and 4: LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Teachers
Page 5 and 6: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Community Base
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Page 13 and 14: 1.3 Scope of Work To achieve this p
Page 15 and 16: Having agreed on the above, pre-tes
Page 17 and 18: 3.0 STUDY FINDINGS 3.1 Demographic
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Page 24 and 25: which might deter their commitment
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