
Hon Catherine Kate Kainja-Kaluluma, Minister of Education
BIODATA
NAME: Catherine Kate Kainja Kaluluma, MP
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 September 1950
ADDRESS: Spot Suppliers and Consultants
P 0 Box 411, Lilongwe, Malawi
TelIFax: (265) 766337
Cell: (265) 09912261
E-mail:
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Emanuel Kaluluma with 3 children EDUCATIONAL M.Ed (Canada), B.Ed.Hons (Liverpool),
QUALIFICATIONS: Adv.Dip.Ed (Liverpool), Dip.Ed (Malawi), Certificate in Nutritional Planning (Mehary)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
March 2005 TODATE Minister of Education
1994 TO DATE Member of Parliament for Dedza South West Constituency. Consultant, Director of Spot Suppliers and Consultants.
1993-1994 Minister of Education, Malawi Government
1992-1993 Deputy Minister of Education, Malawi.
1984-1992 Head of Department and Lecturer at The University of Malawi. Teaching in Nutrition, Communications, Sociology of
education, Curriculum and teaching Studies and education Methods.
1982-1984 Head of Unicef Malawi Office and Programme Officer
1980-1982 Teacher Trainer and Inspector of Schools under Ministry of Education.
1978-1980 Study leave to the United Kingdom
1974-1978 Head of Department and Secondary School.
1974-1979 Biology and Home Economics Teacher.
CONSULTANCIES
Since 1984 1 have carried out over 20 consultancies in Malawi and Ten other countries in
Africa, Europe, USA and Canada for The Malawi Government, and other International
Organisations such as USAID, Unicef, UN1JP, UNFPA, Rockefeller Foundation, FAWE,
Unesco, and private companies. I broke off from consultancies during the period I served as
a Malawi Cabinet Minister, from 1992 to 1994. To save space consultancies done before
1990 are available on request.