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Save the Children constructs two secondary schools in Zomba By Synd Kalimbuka Zomba, January 19, Mana: Save the Children has constructed two community Day Secondary schools in the areas of Traditional Authorities (TAs) Chikowi and Mbiza in Zomba district as one way of promoting quality education in the country, It is hoped that the schools will increase number of students especially girls selected from primary schools to continue their studies in secondary schools in the district. Speaking during the media tour Friday, Save the Children Area Operations Manager for Eastern Region, Lexon Ndalama said the organization noted that standard 8 students who have passed Primary School Leaving Certificate with good grades had slim chances to get selected to secondary school because the two TAs had none. “’The lucky ones were selected to distant schools forcing them to walk a distance of over 14 kilometres to reach nearby community day secondary schools. This had a negative impact on the performance of students particularly girls, ‘’he observed, adding that but now the distance has been cut short. Ndalama said the schools have been constructed with funding from two Americans whom he said wanted to remain anonymous to the tune of US$ 168, 000. But the donors have named the schools after their mothers; Tillie and Bevlee respectively. The two Schools have started their operations this academic year and have so far registered form one students only selected from the feeder primary schools within the vicinity. Save the children started implementing projects in TA Chikowi in Zomba in 2008 in the thematic areas of education, youth development and Early Childhood Development (ECD) among others. The two schools comprise two classroom blocks each, a Laboratory, Library, administration block, a staff house and toilets. The two secondary schools are expected to be handed over to the community by the First Lady. Prof. Dr. Gertrude Mutharika next week on Tuesday.

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Episode #7 of 10 How to Become a Writer in a Week Spelling by Sarah Stanley Brought to you by: The News of the World With the advance of technology, we have many tools to help those of us who can’t remember if it’s “misspelled” or “mispelled.” While autocorrect and spell checkers are a great help on phones and computers, they do make mistakes. Here are the most basic rules of spelling: 1. Short Vowel Rule: When one-syllable words have a vowel in the middle, the vowel usually has a short sound: Examples: cat, dog, man, hat, mom, dad, got. If the letter after the vowel is f, l, or s, this letter is often doubled. Examples: staff, ball, pass. 2. Two Vowels Together: When two vowels are next to each other, the first vowel is usually long (the sound is the same as the sound of the letter) and the second vowel is silent. Examples: meat, seat, plain, rain, goat, road, lie, pie. 3. "Vowel-Consonant-E" Pattern: When a short word or the last syllable of a longer word ends in vowel-consonant-e, the first vowel is usually long and the e is silent. Examples: place, cake, mice, vote, mute. 4. Y as a Long I: The letter y makes the long sound of i when it comes at the end of a short word that has no other vowels. Examples: cry, try, my, fly, by. 5. Y as a Long E: When y or ey ends a word in an unaccented syllable, the y has the long sound of e. Examples: money, honey, many, key, funny. 6. I before E: Write i before e when the sound is long e, except after the letter c. Examples: relieve, relief, reprieve. Notice the change when there is a c preceding the ie: receipt, receive, ceiling, deceive, conceive. 7. E before I: Write e before i when the sound is long a. Examples: weight, freight, reign. 8. Oi or Oy: Use oi in the middle of a word and use oy at the end of a word. Examples: boil, soil, toil, boy, toy. 9. Ou or Ow: Use ou in the middle of a word and use ow at the end of words other than those that end in n or d. Examples: mouse, house, found, mount, borrow, row, throw, crow. 10. Double Consonants: When b, d, g, m, n, or p appear after a short vowel in a word with two syllables, double the consonant. Examples: rabbit, manner, dagger, banner, drummer. 11. The "ch" sound: At the beginning of a word, use ch. At the end of a word, use tch. When the ch sound is followed by ure or ion, use t. Examples: choose, champ, watch, catch, picture, rapture. The Oxford Dictionary lists the most commonly spelled words (read the entire list here), but in the meantime, here are some examples of words and their common misspellings. Example → incorrect spelling accommodate → accomodate achieve→ acheive bizarre→ bizzare cemetery→ cemetary committee→ commitee disappoint→ dissapoint noticeable→ noticable propaganda→ propoganda religious→ religous wherever→ whereever

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