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Of the 817 subjects, 624 (76.4%) claimed that they speak Chisena; with 192 subjects (23.5%) saying that they were not speakers of the language; whilst 1 subject (0.1%) was undocumented. In terms of educational qualifications, the majority of the respondents 356 (43.6%) idicated that they had education below PSLC. Table 82 presents an elaborate picture of the respondents’ educational qualifications. Table 82: Qualifications Frequency % None 120 14.7 Below PSLC 517 63.3 PSLC 71 8.7 JC 82 10.0 MSCE 27 3.3 6.4.7 RESPONSES FROM VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF RESPONDENTS 6.4.8 PUPILS’ RESPONSES In this section, we present responses made by 409 pupils (a figure representing 50.1% of all the respondents interviewed during the survey). The pupils were drawn from two districts, namely Nsanje 263 (64.3%) and Chikwawa 146 (35.7%). The 1014 years group 181 (44.3%) constituted the largest group; followed by the 159 years group 162 (39.6%). Refer to Table 83 <strong>for</strong> full details. Table 83: Pupils’ Ages 94
Age Group Frequency % 09 20 4.9 1014 181 44.3 1519 162 39.6 2024 32 7.8 2529 7 1.7 3539 1 0.2 Undocumented 6 1.5 In terms of sex, the pupils can be categorised as follows: 284 (69.4%) were male whilst 114 (27.9%) were female. 11 (2.7%) of the respondents were undocumented. As far as the pupils’ qualifications are concerned, 341 (83.4%) indicated that they had education below the PSLC level. Table 84 shows the figures <strong>for</strong> pupils’ qualifications. Table 84: Pupils’ Qualifications Qualification Frequency % Below PSLC 341 83.4 PSLC 28 6.8 JC 32 7.8 MSCE 8 2.0 Of the 409 pupils, 281 (68.7%) indicated that they were able to speak Chisena whilst 128 (31.3%) said that they were not speakers of the language. The pupils were then asked to state where the best variety of Chisena is spoken. Form the figure shown in Table 85, it is clear that Nsanje district offers the best Chisena. It was said by the respondents that Chisena becomes purer as one moves from Chikwawa 95
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4.5.1 TEACHER’S RESPONSES 23 4.5.
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A Note from the Director on Socioli
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1 INTRODUCTION The availability of
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instance, a mother tongue literacy
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level of understanding, whether the
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In relation to religions affiliatio
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there is l and w are repalced by d
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the survey that people from outside
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Above form 4 1 3 0.5 Other 3 0.3 Th
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REASONS GIVEN Easy communication Mo
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Chilomwe Chisena Chinkhonde English
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50. It has been observed that those
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Chichewa. This has arisen from the
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the most crucial informants because
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and pressing issues to handle e.g.
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Table 13: District Acceptance Of Ch
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The figures above clearly indicate
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Teachers were also requested to ind
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Rumphi 75.0 25.0 Mzimba 84.7 11.1 N
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Bay Table 24 shows that English is
Page 43 and 44: preferred language is Chilambia (17
Page 45 and 46: Rumphi 17.3 Pure Tumbuka 6.7 Henga
Page 47 and 48: Pure 1.5 Mmbelwa 1.5 Euthini 1.5 Ka
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Page 65 and 66: Rumphi 41. 4 Mzimba 23. 9 Nkhata Ba
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Page 79 and 80: Undecided 1 0.3 The results present
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Page 85 and 86: Chitakhwani 2 6.9 Chikokhola 2 6.9
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Page 97 and 98: Tengani 11 2.7 Nsanje 35 8.6 Phodzo
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Page 107 and 108: grammars and dictionaries. (iv) The
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