A delegation of five parents was chosen to deliver a letter of request to the Minister of Education, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi to resolve their differences with the teachers in a Parents Teachers Association (PTA) meeting where teachers were requested to excuse themselves to allow the parents to talk in private.
The parents agreed in unison that the students should not suffer for the disagreements between the teachers and the ministry. "They should not use people who are not knowledgeable and who have been out of work for some time because this might, in the end, bring issues of credibility of the results," one parent said. They agreed that the ministry should engage the teachers unions to resolve the matter instead of contemplating postponing the examination. "How are students who are getting ready to write the examinations supposed to react when the exams are postponed because there is no one to invigilate while the teachers are in schools?" one parent quizzed.
