Elube Gondwe, from Chikakula village in Rumphi, is a member of the Mother Group for Chivwanyuma Primary School. The 34-year-old mother of four actively supports the implementation of Building Educational Foundations Through Innovation and Technology (BEFIT) Programme at the school.
As a member of Mother Group, Elube actively supports the processes of ensuring that all learners, especially girls, are equally benefiting from the initiative. Elube, who is fondly called ‘amama’ (mother) by the learners, frequently visit the school to monitor the tablet-learning sessions and interact with girls during break times or after classes.
Elube expresses her gratitude for the BEFIT programme, which she says is greatly assisting learners in acquiring admirable reading, writing, and numeracy skills.
Three of Elube’s four children, who are in Standards 1, 2, and 4 at the school, are among those benefiting from the programme as well. ‘Amama’ explains that she has noted a significant difference between learners currently in foundational classes under the BEFIT Programme and those who completed the same classes before the programme began in 2023.
Elube notes that the students in the tablet-learning generation are more engaged and show a better understanding of literacy and numerical concepts as compared to the previous cohorts.
“I would like to encourage all parents, particularly those with children in Standards 1 to 4, to support their participation in the BEFIT Programme’s tablet learning sessions. My own children have greatly benefited from this initiative, and I believe that others can as well,” remarks Elube Gondwe.
BEFIT is a Government of Malawi-owned and led programme aimed at enhancing foundational literacy and numeracy skills among learners in Standards 1 to 4 across all public primary schools in Malawi through supplemental, individualized, self-paced instruction delivered via specialized apps on Android tablets.
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