MALAWI UNIVERSITY DORMITORIES

3 OF THE RESIDENCE HALLS WERE PROJECTED TO OPEN BY MID- 1973-74 AND TOTAL OCCUPANCY OF ALL FACILITIES BY THE BEGINNING OF 1974-75 SCHOOL YEAR. HOST COUNTRY PROVIDES 29% OF LOCAL COSTS. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION WILL BE PROVIDED BY BRITISH-MALAWIAN FIRM AND FINANCED BY GOM. THE U.K. GRANTED $2.6 MILLION FOR ZOMBA CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION, A CENTRAL, MORE EFFICIENT FACILITY, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO FINANCE HOUSING FOR 392 STUDENTS AFTER COSTS ESCALATED AND THE SITE WAS MOVED. THE UNIVERSITY IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE HIGHLY-TRAINED, INDIGENOUS MANPOWER TO SERVE GOM"S SOCIO-ECONOMIC GOALS. 3 OF UM"S 5 COLLEGES WERE BEING RELOCATED AT ZOMBA FOR EDUCATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. ASIDE FROM THE EXPECTED FLEXIBILITY IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, THE SPACE PLANNING IS CONSISTENT WITH AID GUIDELINES. ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN OF THE HALLS HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE UM"S PLANNING AND ARCHITECUTURAL CONSULTANTS, NORMAL AND DAWBARN, LONDON, ENGLAND WITH OFFICES IN BLANTYRE, AND A RESIDENT ENGINEER AT ZOMBA. THE FIRM WAS THE ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT FOR AID-FINANCED PROJECTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM AND THE GABORONE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA, LESOTHO, AND SWAZILAND. OTHER DONORS TO MU"S DEVELOPMENT: BRITISH AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN-BASED BEIT TRUST AND THE DUTCH CHRISTIAN SERVICE COMMITTEE.