This component provides students with skills and training for their careers and prepares them for the job market. It includes hands-on training, mentorship, and career development opportunities. The component also strengthens the capacity of higher education institutions to deliver high-quality skills development programs.
1. Performance Agreements for Skills Development Results in Higher Education
This sub-component provides financial support to 9 public HEIs to implement their institutional development plans through performance agreements, including construction, procurement, program improvements, and capacity building. Future financing eligibility is tied to performance, and funding is based on annual work programs and budgets.
2. Higher Education Student Financing to Improve Equity
This subcomponent increases financial support to students in need through a Needs-Based Grant scheme for female students and expanding the current loan scheme to increase student loans to poor students. The goal is to provide sustainable financial support to needy and female students. The project aims to support at least 800 females and 5,000 needy students with loans and grants for degree and diploma studies in priority areas.
Component Activities
SAVE Project mid-term review underway
The Skills for A Vibrant Economy (SAVE) Project Mid-Term Review by the World Bank team has launched with a courtesy call to the Project Steering Committee (PSC) Co-Chairs – Secretary for Education and...
MUBAS reaches out to Secondary School Students
October 2023 was another unique month for the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) as it conducted a nation-wide career guidance sensitization exercise, an initiative aiming at s...
MUBAS Conducts Grievance Redress Training for Construction Project Preparation Under SAVE Project
The Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS), under the Skills for A Vibrant Economy (SAVE) Project, conducted a Grievance Redress Mechanism Training in Dedza on February 15, 2024, a...
MUBAS sensitization campaign for Nanjiri campus construction project
Recognizing the critical role of community participation in the successful implementation of projects, the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) engaged members of the Senior Grou...
MUBAS through SAVE Empowers Secondary School Students to be Agents against Gender-Based Violence
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) remains a major hindrance to various groups of individuals in Malawi. Despite ongoing efforts by the government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and individuals to a...
MUBAS for STEM as a key strategy in ensuring social economic development
The Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS), through the Skills for A Vibrant Economy (SAVE) project, in October 2023 conducted a campaign in various secondary schools across the co...
MUBAS showcases remarkable developments during Media Tour
In an effort to highlight the significant strides being made by public universities in Malawi towards the realization of Malawi 2063, a media tour was conducted across various institutions. On 29 June...
Media Gallery
Projects in Progress
Showcasing the ongoing initiatives under the SAVE Project, highlighting the efforts of various stakeholders working towards the development of Technical, Entrepreneurial, and Vocational Education and ...
Skills Development
In this video gallery we showcase how SAVE is pushing technology to the edge in furnishing people with skills in different areas.