Chapanama Primary School

Chapanama Primary School is a primary school in Mchinji, the administrative centre of Mchinji District in the Central Region of Malawi. The Malawi Electoral Commission's 2025 register of centres, in its Mchinji District Council section, lists Chapanama F.P. School as a polling centre in Boma ward, Mchinji West constituency. F.P. stands for full primary, meaning the school teaches the complete primary cycle. The ward's other centres are Bua, Kamuzu, Mayela and Mzura F.P. Schools and Mchinji Secondary School. Primary education in Malawi runs from Standard 1 to Standard 8 and ends with the Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE), set by the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB), which is used to select pupils for secondary school. Tuition has been free in government primary schools since 1994. Mchinji town lies 109 kilometres west of Lilongwe and about 12 kilometres from the Zambian border, where the road crosses to Mwami in Zambia. The railway from Lilongwe was extended to Mchinji in 1980. The town's population rose from 17,881 at the 2008 census to 28,011 in 2018. Whether the school is run by the government or a church agency, and its enrolment, head teacher and contact details, have not been published online, so it is worth asking locally before travelling.

6V2G+PQQ, Mchinji, Malawi
Mchinji

13°47′53″S 32°52′37″E