Janet Kumwenda

Principal Lecturer - Office Arts Department

Ms Jannet Norrah Kumwenda, Principal Lecturer and Training Consultant - Office Arts Department is a holder of Bachelor of Arts (Teaching Studies) obtained from Mzuzu University – Malawi in 2005.  Her other Professional Qualifications are Training of Trainers Certificate (TOT); Training of Facilitators Certificate (TOF); Technical and Vocational Education Training Reform (Management Learning – from Chisholm Institute, Australia; Vocational Education in Development Countries  from Tianjin University, Peoples Republic of China; College Leadership and Management, obtained from Scotland Colleges International  – United Kingdom; Leadership, Supervision and Communication, Public Relations and Financial Management, Strategic Planning and Public Sector Management from University of Regina, Canada; Competence Based Education Training Facilitator’s Certificate (CBET), TEVETA SIAST - CANADA/MALAWI)and 2006 ICT Networking & Web Designing by Taiwan 2006 

Ms Kumwenda has over 19 years of professional experience as a Trainer and Facilitation Consultant in Malawi. She has extensive expertise in Training Needs Assessment, Training Programme Design, Curriculum Design, Facilitation and Validations.  As Lecturer and Consultant, her expertise embraces: Secretarial Management Training Courses, Induction Course for Secretaries, Records Management Training, Course Evaluation Reports for various SDI Departments.  She has provided services to many organizations in Malawi including TEVETA, Project Hope, Ant Corruption Bureau, Federation Disability Organisation in Malawi (FEDOMA), Civil Service Commission and Government Ministries and Departments.  Her relevant experience include: Contributions to Diploma in Secretarial Curriculum Development for Polytechnic – 2015, TEVET Curriculum (CBET) development, facilitation and program validations; She is a present member in Women in Leadership Network Australia Africa Awards.  She acted as Deputy Principal of Namitete Technical College from 2006 – 2012; was a Task Force Team Member for MOEST/TEVET Qualifications 2008 – 2010 and Lecturered in Secretarial Studies at Salima Technical College and CISCO Computer Networking at Lilongwe Technical College.