WASBO gets P300,000 for study
Calistus Kolantsho | Tuesday July 12, 2016 14:38
The funding is part of the P453, 000 needed to conduct the study and WASBO would raise the balance.
BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho said the BNOC realises the need for research in sport. He said the research would assist in the establishment of a baseline, which could be useful in setting targets for strategic planning and performance monitoring.
“The funding was made possible by the Olympic Solidarity, a financing arm of the International Olympic Committee,” he said.
WASBO chairperson, Grace Muzila said when they took over from the previous committee in 2014, one of the main items in their agenda was to come up with a strategic plan. She said they felt that one of the most important things to achieve was to increase the participation of girls in sport. Muzila said the research is a top priority.
“We want to find out why there is less participation by girls in sport? Why do we have fewer women in leadership positions? The time frame for the research is seven months,” she said.
Muzila said it might be late but it is better to be late than never. She said the study could have been done the same time when her committee took over the reins. Muzila said there has been an outcry about policies being not supportive. She said the study would assist in tracking the progress when interventions are implemented and assist in crafting some of the policies.
“We have regional WASBO offices and some of them are inactive. Hence it might seem we are not doing enough. The study that was done in 2010 only focused on netball. The one we are undertaking covers all sporting codes,” said Muzila.
Meanwhile, a consultant from Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Nelson Tselaesele said they are working together with people who have been involved in sport. He said WASBO is going to appoint a reference committee comprising people with the technical expertise of the project.
“We have the capability of conducting the study. We also feel the seven months we have been given is too much for us. We need to focus on the study, complete it on time before the dynamics change,” he said. Tselaesele said the methodology and instruments that will be used during the study would be included in the inception report to be presented to the reference committee.