St Joseph's Teachers' Training College, Dedza

St Joseph's Teachers' Training College is a teacher training college in Dedza District, in the Central Region of Malawi. Its postal address is P.O. Box 11, Dedza. Malawi trains its primary school teachers through the Initial Primary Teacher Education (IPTE) programme. The Ministry of Education's Directorate of Teacher Education and Development states that it trains pre-service primary teachers through 19 teacher training colleges (TTCs), 10 public and 9 private. Recruitment of IPTE students to the public colleges is carried out each year electronically, with support from the National Council of Higher Education, and the directorate plans to introduce diploma and degree programmes in primary education at the colleges by 2027. The schools these teachers go on to serve run from Standard 1 to Standard 8, ending with the Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE), set by the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB). Tuition has been free in government primary schools since 1994. Dedza, the main township of the district, lies about 85 km south of Lilongwe, off the M1 road to Blantyre. At about 1,590 metres it is the highest town in Malawi, and it had 30,928 residents at the 2018 census. Dedza Mountain rises to 2,198 metres above the town, and the Dedza Pottery, which makes and sells ceramics and crafts, is a well-known local attraction. Fees, intake dates and admission arrangements have not been published online.

Bembeke, Dedza, Malawi
Dedza

14°22′54″S 34°19′32″E