The third edition of Malawi Youth Games gets underway today at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe with a record 1,021,540 learners taking part.
Malawi National Council of Sports Public Relations and Communications Officer Edgar Ntulumbwa said the number is a great improvement from last year’s one million.
“This year we have 998,900 learners from primary schools and 22,640 students from secondary schools. So far, we have 12,171 as the total number of registered schools, 2,671 being secondary schools while 9,500 are primary schools. We also have 1,015 learners competing for national honours,” he said.
Ntulumbwa said they have included chess and women’s football in the event.
“The two sport codes are in addition to volleyball, basketball, football, athletics, Para-athletics and netball. The Games end on Sunday,” he said.
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Malawi Schools Sports Association runs the competition which attracts competitors from the country’s seven education divisions.
The education divisions are South West, Shire Highlands, South East, North West, North East (Need), Central West and Central East.
The Games started in April this year.
