Atsikana Pa Ulendo (APU) Teachers Training College (TTC)

The graduates of APU Secondary School for girls are desperately in need of further education that will allow them to be employed and thus financially independent upon completion of their tertiary education. Our first 72 graduates are graduating on June 25, 2011 and it is our plan to be able to offer them the hope that within the next couple of years, there will be an accredited Teachers Training College at APU that they can attend. 

While many of our graduates have their sights set on receiving scholarships to attend the University of Malawi, the majority of our students will not achieve this goal. Many of them would be thrilled to become primary school teachers but there are simply not enough Teacher Training Colleges in Malawi to accommodate them. Having this facility right there on the APU campus would ensure that they receive training that has an assured job when they complete their studies. Most of these girls have long term sponsors who would be happy to continue sponsoring them for their two year teacher training program. The first year consist of coursework and the second year consist of a teaching practicum.

Malawi is badly in need of well qualified female primary school teachers and our girls are badly in need of jobs.  We feel that this is the best possible solution for our students. 

The project will take place in construction and intake phases, with the first phase consisting of the construction of  one Hostel and one Classroom Block that can accommodate 40 students. The cost of a hostel is $80,000 and a Class Block is $60,000.  The estimated cost of Phase 1 of this project is $140,000.  Construction of these buildings can begin as soon as funds become available with the earliest possible starting date of the college being September 2012.

Phase 1 Construction (Hostel and Class Block)
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