George Ngayiyaye District Education Manager for Dedza said sexuality education is very important among learners as it has helped retain learners in school.

“Sexuality education is very important to our learners in both primary and secondary education in the way that it gives the right information which the learners can use in their lives and what we have seen is that the number of girls that are dropping out because of pregnancies has significantly been reduced,” said Ngaiyaye.

Mateyu Nyondo Youth Friendly Services coordinator for Dedza said since the beginning of the Joint Programme on Girls Education and Safeguard Young People there has been a rise in the uptake of sexual reproductive health services.

“We have a lot of interventions in as far as safe guarding young people is concerned, our target is both in school and out of school young people. Since we started these programs there has been a huge rise in the service seeking behavior by young people,” said Nyondo.

He said many young people are accessing sexual reproductive health services because they were given with the right information.

“The way young people are attending to youth friendly health service clinics is another indicator that there is a rise in the service uptake behavior by young people, “he said.