BOPEU�s position on the exam results fiasco

BOPEU leaders
BOPEU leaders

The Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) notes with utter disappointment yet not surprise nor shock the Botswana Junior Secondary School Examination results of 2016 as well as those of the Botswana General Certificate in Secondary Education (BGCE) of the year 2015.

This educational embarrassment is not new; it has been a national trend for some years now. This year we continue to see more youngsters at grade D being advanced to BGCSE. This effectively translates to the poor performance we have just experienced. Unfortunately, this educational embarrassment is not only about the moment. It is about the bleak future of generations as being built by an education system that does not address immediate concerns with the urgency they arise; the urgency they so vehemently require. To address this fiasco, we need as a country to act on an urgent basis to amicably find resolve. As a country we cannot take comfort in the subject of deteriorating education system without visible action. BOPEU appreciates that a number of efforts have been made to improve the condition of service for the teachers. That notwithstanding, must tally with an improvement of results.

 

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