Teachers free to go For Xmas break - Ministry
Monday, December 13, 2010
The announcement was made through a press statement by the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education and Skills Development, Grace Muzila last Thursday after the teachers were required two weeks ago to work during the school holidays or fill in leave forms if they wanted to take a break.
"Botswana Teachers' Union has received with delight news that school heads have been ordered to release teachers for school vacations after an abrupt order that kept teacher at their duty stations," BTU chief negotiator Kwantle Kwantle said.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...