LILONGWE, December 8, 2015: Girl’s dropout rate at Mgona in area 25 Lilongwe, is expected to decrease following the appearance of a private firm called Synthesis Relationship and Marriage Consultancy that has promised to bail out young girls from the area who cannot afford to go to school due to school fees and other learning materials.
Chief Executive officer for Synthesis Relationship and Marriage Consultancy Dickson Kilowe said this on Saturday during the opening of a one day girl’s education empowerment seminar in the area.
Kilowe said Mgona is one area that is lagging behind in terms of girl’s education as most girls opt for marriage not school as evidenced by the domination of teen families in the area.
“Most girls here do not go far with their education as a result this area is not developing, for those who have lived here ten years ago and have come back here would agree that the area is indeed underdeveloped they can point at nothing” he said.
According to Kilowe the survey conducted by Synthesis Relationship and Marriage Consultancy at Mgona brought to light how far the girls have gone with education the area.
“The performance of girls at school is very poor as 50 percent dropout rate is registered at primary school, 85 percent at secondary level while 90 percent of those reaching form 4 fail to obtain a Malawi School Certificate Education(MSCE)” Kilowe said.
But one of the girls Doreen Gundasi who grew up in the area and defied the odds by being selected to Deayang University where is currently studying Bachelor degree in nursing encouraged young girls to be visionary in order to achieve their goals.
” Girls in this area need to have vision and work out on it so that they achieve their dreams, not having school fees should not be a drawback to girls in achieving their goals nowadays there are a lot of organizations that can help in handling that and making sure they are in class” she said.
Among the programs that have been set aside to help girls education empowerment in Mgona area are “Go back to school campaign” where needy students will have a Chance of being helped with school fees and other learning materials and also 50 students will have access to boarding facilities under a program called “Girls hostels campaign”.
The programs will run up until 202
