By Chisomo Kambandanga

Nkhata Bay, April 5, Mana: Board Chairperson for Forum for African Women Educationalists in Malawi (FAWEMA), Dr. Maggie Madimbo has urged youths in Nkhata Bay to be agents of change and take an active role in improving the education sector.

Madimbo said this in an interview on Friday after a day-long training in Education Management Information Systems which attracted youths from all Traditional Authorities in the district.

She said the aim of the training was to equip the youths with knowledge on how the education systems operate in Malawi and how they can advocate for improvement of the same.

"This is meant to help them make informed decisions when it comes to provision of quality education which is very vital in the development of our country. For example, if they notice that there are few teachers at a school, they should take an action which will lead to more teachers being deployed to that school," Madimbo said.

Chairperson for Nkhatabay Youth Network, Erik Banda hailed FAWEMA for the training which he said had equipped the youths with advocacy skills.

In his remarks, District Education Management Information Systems Officer, Michael Gondwe said the youths will help improve education standards in Nkhatabay since collection of information will be enhanced.

"Our office was already understaffed but now, we have these youths who will be collecting information in the field and we will use the data to rectify problems being faced in the education sector," Gondwe said.

The training was conducted with support from Global Partnership for Education (GPE).