Malawi: Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima urged students in the country to take spiritual discipline seriously. This practice will help the students avoid being ruled by “evils of the world”
Minister of Education was attending a prayers for secondary school students when she made these remarks. The prayer was organised by Womens Day of Prayer at Mbidzi Secondary School.
The prayer was attended by students from 15 public secondary schools from Lilongwe.
Wirima said it is important for students to nurture the soul and not only focus on academic journey. She also noted that when one walks with God everything falls in place.
The Minister believes that the students should be encouraged to participate in spiritual conversations. Some of the problems, like mental health, which children are experiencing are due to low spiritual nourishment for the learners.
She further stated that government is committed to ensuring that they are providing quality education for all students in the country. Lilongwe District President for Womens Day of Prayer, Alice Majankono, said such prayers help students grow in spiritual life and morals.
“We wanted to instill the spirit of faith in the students that they should depend on God in whatever they are doing in their lives such that they should be able to develop the nation as they have good spiritual connection,” said Majankono.
In her remarks, Coordinator for students prayers, Rose Kalizangoma, said they organised the event to spiritually support the students as they are in adolescent stage, with many challenges facing them in society.
The prayers can help in bringing together people from different religious backgrounds to gather and pray.
One of the students from Bwaila Secondary School, Regina Dumba, expressed gratitude for the prayers, saying beside working hard in class they will always put God first as thats what they have been guided to do.
The prayers. which were held under the theme; “I Made You Wonderful,” aimed to mould students spiritually and prepare them for the Junior Certificate Examination (JCE), and Malawi School Certificate Examination (MSCE).