SPERA advocates use of local languages

The workshop that was organised by Letloa Trust, which is part of the Kuru Family Organisations (KFO) Support Programme for Education in Remote Areas (SPERA) - an initiative of KFO, has therefore recommended San-friendly schools, as mainstream schools are unfriendly, alienating and remove young child away from home to an institutionalised hostel environment and children suffer discrimination, stigma and economic hardships.

Jennifer Hays of the University of Tromso and SPERA head, revealed in their proposal to the Ministry of Education and Skills Development that Remote Area Dwellers (RADs) in Botswana continue to drop out of the formal education system at significantly higher rates than other populations, despite many targeted efforts to improve their situation and to provide them with educational opportunities.