By Patience Longwe

Lilongwe, May 15, Mana: National Registration Bureau (NRB) has said the implementation of phase 8 of the Identity Cards (ID) Outreach and Community Death Registration exercise would be temporarily closed for three days to pave way for the administration of Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examinations.

Principal Secretary for NRB, Mark Sambo confirmed the development to Malawi News Agency (mana) in Lilongwe on Wednesday saying the decision has been made to give chance to the standard eight pupils to sit for their examinations in peaceful and suitable environment.

"The three-day break aims at providing an opportunity standard eight pupils to sit for their examinations without any disturbances," he viewed.

Sambo said the examinations are expected to start on May 22, 2024.

A Primary school teacher at Kawale LEA, Martha Msusa has said the decision to go for break would help the learners to write their exams without disturbances.

"This will help the Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) not to have any doubts because of the peaceful environment.

NRB will restart the registration exercise on May 25, 2024 after the examination.