Our public schools are discriminatory
Friday, March 17, 2017
For a country that prides itself with "education for all", we expect that the national public schools, in particular, must be deliberately inclusive of the disadvantaged members of our societies. Our public schools are not accommodative and friendly to different people living with disabilities, despite the fact that they are admitted in them.
The poor teachers, who are still haunted by overpopulated classes, face a mammoth task of dealing with mixed ability students and worse still the students living with various disabilities.
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...