Madonna has been criticised by Malawi government officials after failing to seek approval for her proposal to build 10 new schools in the area. 

Back in January, the Queen of Pop revealed that she planned to go ahead with her decision to construct educational centres in the African region despite her original schedule falling into crisis during 2011. 

Now, Ministry of Education spokeswoman Lindiwe Chide has explained to Reuters that Madonna's new proposal came as a complete shock because she didn't approach the authorities beforehand:

"Now she decides to announce that she plans to build 10 schools without getting authority from us again. We now feel like this is all about propping up her global image and not in our interest..."

"She has no mandate to decide where she wants to build a school because she doesn't know our needs and where we want new schools... She first needed to consult us, get permission from us before doing anything."

Watch Madonna talk about her work in Malawi below: