By Ireen Mseteka

Likoma, February 14, Mana: Principal Education Officer (PEO) for Likoma, Lizzie Banda says the introduction of BEFIT program will help to improve education standards and reduce dropout rates in Likoma.

Banda made the remarks Friday at the end of a two-day training for BEFIT zonal Implementation Team (ZIT) and District Implementation Team (DIT), which was held in Likoma.

“Once the program has been implemented, it will help to improve the attendance of learners in schools,” said Banda.

She added that all stakeholders who have undergone the training have a vital role to play inorder to make the program successful in the district.

Banda explained that the training was important, as the trained officers will go in schools to train all teachers, which will help them to be able to implement the program.

A participant, McDonald Kondowe thanked Government for the training saying the participants have been imparted with skills and knowledge on how teachers should conduct BEFIT sessions in their respective schools.

“We need to go out and impart the knowledge and skills to teachers and later to our learners because they are the targeted. We will ensure that we conduct more sessions with them so that they should improve learning and numerical skills,” said Kondowe.

BEFIT is a government program aimed at improving the foundation literacy and numeracy skills of learners in standards 1-4 in public schools in the country.