Members of the public have been asked to apologise to teachers on behalf of the government over its handling of the public service strike last year. The Assistant Minister of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), Keletso Rakhudu, made this call in Lentsweletau at an event meant to take the ministry to the people yesterday. Rakhudu said while government did not bear a grudge against teachers, there were concerns that teachers were still angry and asked members of the public to ask teachers for forgiveness on behalf of the Ministry of Education.
"We don't have anything against teachers, but we can see that they are still angry," Rakhudu said. Even so, Rakhudu accused teachers' unions of sowing seeds of mistrust between the government and their members, saying while the ministry was trying to find a permanent solution to the conflict, the unions were encouraging their members not to cooperate. Parents were not spared as the minister said they were not interested in their children's education.
