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The setting was the University of Botswana in the 1990s. Perhaps due to the passage of time, I just have no recollection of the exact academic year it was.The Student Representative Council (SRC) convened a general assembly of students to moot the...

No quality education is cheap. It costs both government and parents who choose to sponsor their own children a fortune. The costs of educating and training people, specifically to win a prosperous and sustainable future, are justifiable.If the...

The children of Soweto in 1976 did it and invaluable lessons have been learnt. The young generation belongs to a very important constituency, worthy of some modicum of respect.The one thing which young people have made unequivocally and emphatically...

Student achievement levels can only go up if students are subjected to a thorough instructional regimen while also students are sufficiently encouraged and challenged to fully apply and bring their best selves to the classroom learning theatre....

Members of the teaching fraternity are gathering in the vibrant Palapye town to mark and celebrate their day, highlighting accomplishments made over the years while reflecting on challenges and road blocks that could be inhibiting provision of...

Poverty was not used as an excuse to deter people from participating in the education affairs of their children.Indeed, as the Bible states, where your treasure is, there will be your heart also. Before the government seriously took care of erecting...

The teacher in question has been the pillar of strength in the creation and sustenance of a high performing culture that our sub region is renowned for. I sat in the office with disbelief, overwhelmed with a sense of loss as I read and re-read his...

Yes, it would be good if miraculous and overnight solutions were to be sought and found. But that is only a wishful thinking, dream that is almost impossible to realise. The solution rests in the spirit of collectivism, working together for the...

If somehow the participation of government in the provision of reception classes has resulted in the emasculation of the private sector, this outcome was accidental rather than planned .It was an attempt predicated upon a desire to cater for the poor...

The existence of two classes of subjects in the curriculum appears to be more of a perception rather than a reality. The attempt to make a distinction between, on the one hand, the so-called more taxing and exacting subjects and less rigorous and...

It is founded and anchored on the principle of collective responsibility. It is a system of governance recognising the participation of all constituents of a school in the smooth running of the organisation. For power to be effective and magnified,...

Students’ performance data is an advisory note on how well the teachers are delivering classroom instruction and how well students are receiving classroom instruction and applying themselves. Teaching and assessment make teacher-student classroom...

She was a soft spoken, unassuming but gifted teacher. One of her enviable qualities, which endeared her to the students, was the wisdom of building harmonious and cordial relations with her students while also making them feel at ease. Teachers who...

That is how schooling experience felt in the last half of the 1970s. The school system was less tolerant of anything coming outside itself . The school even changed the names of our parents and grandparents gave us and replaced them with its own...

The plague of under-achievement of schools has been a topical issue, which has preoccupied educators and other critical stakeholders for a prolonged period of time yet there has not been any visible signs of recovery or concrete and appropriate...