Teachers' exam boycott costly - Rakhudu

Responding to a question from Okavango Member of Parliament (MP) Bagalatia Arone, Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development Keletso Rakhudu, yesterday told the House that government could have spent P15,707,420 if teachers had been engaged at the rate of P30 per hour or P69,865,500 if engaged at the rate of P150 per hour at their respective schools.

Rakhudu explained that the total cost of this year's examinations was estimated at P20,419,944 for both primary and secondary school exams. Therefore BEC had to employ temporary invigilators and incurred additional costs, estimated at P1,998,202 on top of the P15,707,420, which would be paid at the rate of P30 per hour, bringing the total to P17,705,622.