Graduates

 

I’m Maurice Ken Mantchombe. I graduated from NRC in 2004 with a Diploma in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (credit). I served as Director of Publications and Information for NRC Students Union between the years 2002-2003. I’m proud to have facilitated the publication of a magnificent Students Magazine which even up to date stands out to be one of the best Students publications since NRC came out of the doldrums.

I joined Lujeri Tea Estates in Mulanje as Management Trainee immediately after coming out of NRC. However, I did not stay long since I already had an offer of a job (AEDO) from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food security which sponsored my studies at NRC. I was posted to Ntiya EPA which is under Mangochi RDP, MADD. I didn’t stay long there because I had an ambition of joining the Department of Agricultural Research Services. I was posted to Bvumbwe Agricultural Research Services as an Assistant Agricultural Research Officer in the Horticulture Commodity. In 2005, One year after working in Government, my long time dream came true. I got a life time opportunity of studying at the University of Malawi, Bunda College courtesy of MoAFS. During the first year, life was tough but I persevered and completed A-Level courses like Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Language and Communication skills and Computer Applications.

Afterwards, life was normal because all the courses were built on what we already did at NRC serve for some management courses like; Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship, Project Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Agrarian Change and Rural Development, Extension Program Development, Extension Management etc.

I have just graduated from the University of Malawi with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Extension with credit (2009) and I owe it to the solid foundation which was laid down by lecturers at NRC. The practical oriented training, hands on experience motto and client tailored courses offered by NRC are just superb to make one marketable everywhere around the globe. Students from NRC have not been a disappointment academically even at places of higher learning such as UNIMA, MZUNI and UNISA just to mention a few which is a clear indication of great success in capacity building by dedicated NRC staff. Try NRC today, you’ll never regret