Teachers should not allow BEC to exploit them

On September 6 2010, Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union (BOSETU) and Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) went for a meeting to prepare for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which was to pave way for negotiations with BEC.

Unfortunately, BEC announced at that meeting that they are not interested in the MOU anymore.  This came as a shock to the unions who have been preparing the MOU documents in good faith.

The unions would like to remind teachers about the High Court judgment of September 28 2009.  The High Court judge ruled that invigilation of external examinations is not the duty of teachers.  The judge pronounced that the “invigilation and supervision of external examinations does not fall within the ambit of duties of the Applicant’s members and that members of the applicant cannot be compelled to invigilate or supervise external national examinations”.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

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...

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