Academic staff at Chanco has been on strike for almost six months now protesting over pay disparity among Unima constituent colleges.

And President Peter Mutharika, who is also Unima Chancellor, on Sunday dissolved the Unima Council following its failure to resolve the deadlock.

Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Emmanuel Fabiano confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that the dispute has been resolved after a meeting the Unima Council and College Academic Staff Union/Welfare Association representatives had at Ku Chawe Inn in Zomba. The meeting was facilitated by government.

“The dispute over salary disparities has been amicably resolved. Consequently all constituent colleges of the University of Malawi will resume normal functions,” said Fabiano.

Meanwhile, Chanco management is expected to issue out official statement confirming the same within the next two days on the opening of the college.

Lecturers at Chanco alongside their colleagues at the Polytechnic, Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) and the College of Medicine (CoM), have been demanding Unima to resolve salary disparities among the staff in similar grades in the four colleges.