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Wednesday, December 03, 2014
A critical building block for this success is the provision of Early Childhood Development (ECD), which involves pre-primary education mainly in the form of a nursery/kindergarten.
Yesterday, an ECD conference in Gaborone heard that only 22 percent of children under the age of six in Botswana have access to this crucial building block. Nursery or kindergarten education is a springboard to Standard One and accelerated achievements throughout the various tiers of the learning experience to employment or self-employment.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...