Meanwhile, some youths are studying independently. One such student, a 16-year-old, said, "My appeal [to the government] is for a salary increment for teachers so that they come to work, because we arent learning. Its like we are paying fees for nothing. Its so painful as my parents are struggling for it when I am not learning at all." 
Pakalipano achinyamata ena akuphunzira paokha, ophunzira wina  wazaka 16 wati," pempho langa ku boma ndikuti awonjezere malipiro a aphunzitsi kuti ayambilenso kugwira ntchito chifukwa sitikuphunzira. Zili ngati kuti tikulipira ndalama zophunzilira popanda chochitika, ndizopweteka pomwe makolo anga akuvutikira ndalamayo pomwe sindikuphunzira kalikonse.