By Yankho Kandio

Salima, November 26, Mana: The Salima District Education Office has called for collaboration among various stakeholders in the education sector to enhance learners' performance in the Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education.

Some of the contributing factors to poor performance have been attributed to learner absenteeism, teacher absenteeism, lack of motivation, and lack of teaching and learning materials.

Speaking on Monday during a district stakeholders’ meeting to map solutions on learner's performance, Principal Education Officer, Eliam Banda highlighted that coordinating and collaborating is the best way to improve performance.

"Collaboration and coordination are critical because if there is no collaboration and coordination, there will be a high concentration of interventions in one area while others are neglected, such as Chilumba and Chitala, where there is no organization working with the schools,” Banda stated.

He also underlined the importance of involving more partners, stating that government alone cannot solve all challenges.

Despite the challenges facing the district's performance, Banda expressed hope that things are changing because Salima had moved from number 32 to number 25 on the national level.

Chairperson of the District Education Network, George Kanyemba said various intervention measures have been put in place, such as meetings with parents and guardians.

 "We need to identify and discover feasible solutions to this situation. There are also plans to visit underperforming schools to identify areas for improvement," he said.

Care Malawi, Kindle Orphan Care, Ndimoyo Palliative Care, were among the organizations that were present at the meeting.