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.