Teachers, gov�t deal most welcome
Thursday, September 28, 2017
The two parties have agreed on establishing a legal platform that will be used as a reference point on issues pertaining to invigilation and marking of examinations. This platform will set logistics requirements and payment structures for teachers engaged in all examination-related duties, bringing an end to a stand-off that has contributed to the weakening of the nation’s education system and poor results.
We welcome this development because the absence of a legally binding agreement between the two parties has led to delays whenever discussions around teachers’ remuneration for handling external examinations were concerned. Results for Primary School Leaving Examinations, Junior Certificate, and Botswana General Certificate of Education have not been impressive in the last six or seven years and have been sliding down.
The chieftainship spats between Seretse and Khama’s uncles have purely degenerated into a permanent elephant in the room and it does not seem anyone cares to ensure this hurdle is dealt with promptly for the attainment of peace for GammaNgwato’s bogosi.Just as the proverbial, when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers aptly suggests, and so is the state of the institution of bogosi in GammaNgwato.Such is the case because the...