BTU condemns cancellation of religious, moral education

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FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) deputy secretary general Keorapetse Rebobonye has condemned the Minister of Basic Education (MoBE) Bagalatia Arone’s statement about scraping Religious and Moral Education off the schools’ curriculum.

Arone was speaking during the COPA Coca Cola football tournament launch recently where he said that it did not make sense to teach children about religion and morals at schools since they can be taught the same at their homes.

Arone was quoted by a local publication saying, “the ministry is busy making changes and I instructed them that the curriculum should be trimmed. I do not see the reason why Religious Education should be a subject; they are just family values issues (sic)”.

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