The Good Soil Academy Advantage
Spiritual Growth
We offer a Christ-centered education
At Good Soil Academy faith is integrated into all aspects of your child’s education. Our objective is to ensure that every girl understands how God can be seen in science, mathematics, language, and the arts. Simply put, our goal is to ensure that your child understands the relationship between the Creator and His creation. Our teachers seamlessly integrate faith into their curriculum, ensuring that each student understands and has the choice to embrace a biblical worldview. We believe that a Christian education is the result of all knowledge being tested against, and integrated with, a biblically based view of God and the world. The Academy shall have an independent department of christian education that shall solely look into affairs of christian education in the institution to ensure the integration of faith in the curriculum.Bible Knowledge shall be a compulsory subject in the school for all students from form one to form four.
We Build Character as well as Knowledge
The motto of Good Soil Academy is “Nurtured and Nourished for every good work in Christ.” At GSA every educator, staff member and administrator is expected to model Christian Character. Each Christian teacher, empowered by the Holy Spirit, guides and nurtures students through instruction, admonition and personal example. Our teachers seek to encourage the spiritual development of students since this is the foundation for their academic, social and personal growth.
This also comes with structure and high expectations for student conduct. For more about our expectations, please review our Student Conduct and Discipline Policy.
We have positive values
Good Soil Academy has its own values which it intends to see its graduates live out and these are, honoring God, leading a generous life, adding value to others and always doing the right thing. All established institutions desire to be guided by their own principles but it is not always that easy. The uniqueness of Good Soil Academy is that it was established by an organization that has lived out its values for over 12 years. It takes a heart that honors God, to do as he requires. It also takes a generous heart to be able to impact other people’s lives. When people’s hearts are positively impacted a value is added to their lives. This can only be achieved when an individual or a group of people do the correct things at the correct time. God Soil Academy is a brainchild of Good Soil Partners, an organization that has lived out its values and therefore there is no doubt that the Academy would fail to train its students to live out the values.
We Worship together
Whether it be Chapel, Bible studies, worship and praise teams, or Sunday Worship, we provide an opportunity for each student to grow in their faith. Every teacher and administrator is encouraged to support these activities and to worship in the community. The Academy shall organise an interdenominational church service every sunday in which all students shall participate in and attend. Within the week , students shall also have several gatherings of worship as prepared by the christian Education department.
Entrepreneurship and Leadership
At Good Soil Academy we prepare students to provide for themselves and others in Malawi by equipping them with:
job readiness through the acquisition of practical skills and trades;
the ability to create jobs through entrepreneurship training; and
the skills necessary to operate a business. We teach and equip young women to become the next generation of godly leaders through the following programs.
We Offer Biblical Leadership Training
Starting with our “Identity and Destiny” course, we offer your child training in how to become a highly effective leader. This training is centered on the Holy Bible and imparts to your child the principles they can apply to their lives in order to become an effective leader. The Academy shall provide 80 minutes per week of biblical leadership sessions to be offered by qualified trainers. This is an arm of the holistic approach of the education system of the Academy.
We Teach Biblical Entrepreneurship
There is no doubt that every parent wants to know that their child will be successful. We have a formal curriculum that teaches your child principles of biblical entrepreneurship. The Academy has a deliberate 80 minutes per week of entrepreneurship and leadership sessions that are to be offered by qualified trainers. After completing this program, each student will understand how to start, operate and manage an entrepreneurial venture. This is a unique aspect of the Academy as it serves as an arm of the holistic approach of our education system.
We Teach Practical Skills
At our fifty acre campus we grow many of the staple crops necessary to feed our students. Each student is expected to learn practical agricultural skills and best farming practices. Their time spent in the fields is not just labor, it includes instruction in crop management and best farming practices as required by the ministry of education and for the perfect preparations for national examinations both at JCE and MSCE. This is also for the benefit of ensuring that your child gets the exercise that they need.
Qualified Faculty
We offer Student-centered excellence in Instruction
Every educator at Good Soil Academy is held to the highest standards of pedagogy. Their success is measured not by a routine formula, but by their ability to assist your child in realizing their academic potential. Each educator will assess your child’s performance as they enter their course, throughout the course, and as they exit their course. The educators shall take up the role of parents as long as the students are in boarding school such that any critical academic observations shall be made by them and any critical steps to address the observations shall be taken by them as well.
Each educator is expected to provide one-on-one support to each student as needed to increase the likelihood of their academic success. Innovative models such as peer tutoring and study groups are offered to further support their educational progress. The institution shall include many deliberate school activities that shall help individual students to be aware of their academic stand. There shall also be deliberate activities to help individual students to personally reflect on their academic stand and to employ all necessary measures put in place by the school for them to improve.
Our goal is that your child will matriculate with the ability to succeed as a leader whether it be in a business, church, the community, a vocation, or as an entrepreneur. And with their outstanding academic experience and performance they will also have the choice to pursue post-secondary education whether in Malawi or abroad. We provide counseling to students on their post-secondary school options and opportunities.
We aim at good grades even in science
The Academy emphasizes on offering science subjects as required by the Ministry of Education. The Academy shall ensure that there are provisions for all practical lessons to be offered to students as per requirement.
Students shall be given all the required opportunities to have hands-on experiences during all science practical lessons. The school shall offer Computer Science as a compulsory subject and each student shall have access to a computer during Computer Science practical lessons as required by the Ministry of Education.
We have our own pedagogical framework
At Good Soil Academy, we believe that for a child to succeed, there is a need for the child to be trained to make all necessary efforts to learn in every situation be it academics. Students shall be trained to always ensure that in every lesson they learn, if learning does not take place during a lesson students must ensure that they use other avenues put in place by the administration for them to learn. During the learning process students shall be equipped with skills of assessing themselves by reflecting on what they learn, and how they learn. Students shall also be equipped with skills of how they can analyse their reflections and make necessary efforts to always improve.
State of the Art Infrastructure
We Offer a State of the Art Campus with Room to Grow
Our academic building is designed to encourage your daughter to perform to the peak of her abilities. Completed in 2023, it offers tiled floors, ample classroom space, excellent lighting, and climate control.
Our hostels are clean, modern and safe. Our walled 50 acre campus is located outside the city, is accessible to parents, is guarded 24/7 and offers ample room for our campus to grow.
Holistic Focus
We have a unique and positive origin
Good Soil Academy was founded by Good Soil Partners, an organization that has been helping vulnerable young people in Malawi by giving them scholarships for both secondary and tertiary education. The organization has been offering the scholarships for over 12 years and has sponsored over 1000 vulnerable young people in Malawi. The organization saw it fit to establish a girl’s academy as a way of expanding its help to even more Malawian young people by offering quality Education to Malawians that can afford to pay for it. The Academy is established based on the positive impact it has made on its scholars which can be extended to the general public. This is a unique background of establishing a school as it is based on an impact experienced and the passion to keep impacting.
We have positive values
Good Soil Academy has its own values which it intends to see its graduates live out and these are, honoring God, leading a generous life, adding value to others and always doing the right thing. All established institutions desire to be guided by their own principles but it is not always that easy. The uniqueness of Good Soil Academy is that it was established by an organization that has lived out its values for over 12 years. It takes a heart that honors God, to do as he requires. It also takes a generous heart to be able to impact other people’s lives. When people’s hearts are positively impacted a value is added to their lives. This can only be achieved when an individual or a group of people do the correct things at the correct time. God Soil Academy is a brainchild of Good Soil Partners, an organization that has lived out its values and therefore there is no doubt that the Academy would fail to train its students to live out the values.
We Care about Your Child’s Health and Well-being
Our Girls’ Hostel is overseen by a full-time Matron who is also a qualified nurse.. She has an apartment in the dormitory and is not only responsible for ensuring discipline in the hostel, but is also available to provide counseling, spiritual advice, medical help and a listening ear.
Our dormitory offers dorm rooms which include electricity, natural ventilation, a comfortable bed and space for the storage of personal belongings. Girls are assigned to rooms where they can develop life-long friendships with their peers.
Our Cafeteria is overseen by a fully-trained cook who is charged with providing each student with three healthy meals a day. The menu is balanced and varied, providing your daughter with the nourishment she needs to become a healthy young woman.
Learning Environment
We Offer a State of the Art Campus with Room to Grow
Our academic building is designed to encourage your daughter to perform to the peak of her abilities. Completed in 2023, it offers tiled floors, ample classroom space, excellent lighting, and climate control.
We offer Student-centered excellence in Instruction
Every educator at Good Soil Academy is held to the highest standards of pedagogy. Their success is measured not by a routine formula, but by their ability to assist your child in realizing their academic potential. Each educator will assess your child’s performance as they enter their course, throughout the course, and as they exit their course. The educators shall take up the role of parents as long as the students are in boarding school such that any critical academic observations shall be made by them and any critical steps to address the observations shall be taken by them as well.
Each educator is expected to provide one-on-one support to each student as needed to increase the likelihood of their academic success. Innovative models such as peer tutoring and study groups are offered to further support their educational progress. The institution shall include many deliberate school activities that shall help individual students to be aware of their academic stand. There shall also be deliberate activities to help individual students to personally reflect on their academic stand and to employ all necessary measures put in place by the school for them to improve.
Our goal is that your child will be equipped to serve as a Christ-centered leader, matriculate with the ability to go to University, whether it be in Malawi or internationally. In that regard, we provide counseling to students on their post-secondary school options and opportunities.
Access to Resources
We use Technology to Enhance Education
We are a Starlink campus. This means that our teachers have access to curricular support, resources and content from around the world. Through technology we are able to enhance and better support your child’s academic growth.
Our FECOMAS student information management portal is accessible to every parent and student through our mobile app. Using that system you are able to see your child’s progress, manage their accounts, and interact with their teachers.