Venson-Moitoi first congratulated members of the Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) of schools around Francistown for turning up at PTA meetings and her meeting in large numbers. She urged teachers to cooperate among themselves, with PTAs and the school management as they all strive to build an educated and informed nation.She said parents should take full responsibility for the education of their children by monitoring and guiding them at home. As for teachers, she said their task was primarily to facilitate learning by the students and not to raise them as that task belonged to the parents.
She said PTA members should visit students who are not performing well in their schoolwork at home and talk to their parents and in the event parents were not willing to cooperate, they (PTA members), should involve chiefs and church leaders. "Parents should be involved in their children's academic work, performance and talk to teachers about how their children could be helped to pass," she said. The minister told teachers and their management to start meeting among themselves regularly to share ideas on how to manage and solve problems that arise in their schools. "When I come for another visit in July, I would like to find such staff meetings taking place to establish problems or issues that need my attention, " said Venson-Moitoi.
