Chikuli Full Primary School

Chikuli Full Primary School is a primary school in the Chileka-Chikowa ward of Blantyre District, southern Malawi, in the rural area north-west of Blantyre city. The Malawi Electoral Commission's 2025 register of centres, in its Blantyre District Council section, lists Chikuli F.P. School as a polling centre in Chileka-Chikowa ward, Blantyre West constituency. F.P. stands for full primary, meaning the school teaches the complete primary cycle. Although Blantyre West also has a ward named Chikuli, the school is registered under Chileka-Chikowa, alongside centres such as Andiseni, Chigumukire, Chimembe and Kachanga F.P. Schools and Chikowa Court. 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. Blantyre District Council administers the rural district, while the city has its own council. Blantyre was founded in 1876 through the missionary work of the Church of Scotland and named after the Scottish birthplace of David Livingstone; it is Malawi's second-largest city and its centre of finance and commerce. Chileka, which gives the ward part of its name, is the site of Chileka International Airport, about 13 kilometres by road north-west of the city. 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.

Chileka-Chikowa, Blantyre District, Malawi
Blantyre

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