Students should invest their allowance

Friday, August 04, 2017

Each month qualifying tertiary student receives an allowance of P1,420 from Botswana government. Even though it is used to cover diversified costs, some students’ intent are to misuse it and carelessly dissipate it.

Not every student regard it the same as to some complain that it is never enough to cover their daily costs and insists that it should be increased.

To some extent if the allowance is not credited at the expected time, students tend to say “ba gana go tobetsa enter” which is to imply that money has not been credited into their accounts yet.

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