BEC Needs To Get Its House In Order

The importance of the Botswana Examinations Coucil’s (BEC) mandate cannot be overemphasised. As members of the society, we are always preaching the importance of education, as an effort to motivate the young generation to take their studies seriously.

BEC is tasked with conducting school examinations and any other exam for the Ministry of Basic Education and issue certificates.

On its website the exam body clearly states that: “BEC’s key business activities include examinations and assessment policy and programme development, the conduct and regulation of national school examination programmes and the award of certificates for programmes in general education subsector”.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

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...

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