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Some positions, especially those sitting at the top of the organisational structure, are general in nature and scope making it difficult for the uninitiated to determine with accuracy the duties the holder of the position is expected to carry out...

The overarching goals of any system of education especially in poverty stricken and underdeveloped jurisdictions are rolling back the frontiers of poverty and also to paraphrase President Herbert Hoover to ensure a roof above every head, a chicken in...

If a school desires to achieve an upward academic movement, it should start with getting things right in the halls of instruction. Getting into the right gear of best classroom instructional practices is not necessarily a gift from God, rather...

What perhaps may be a matter of dispute and contention could be the identity of appropriate areas deserving transformation and much more importantly determining the magnitude , scale and the speed that should characterise the desired transformative...

A school is founded on the premise that no student is useless or unteachable and that if sufficiently taught and challenged, all students can attain the desired academic proficiency and prosperity.Consequently, no school worth its salt can afford the...

To buttress this point an expatriate English friend working in Gaborone had a routine of walking daily from his Brackenden Lodge to the Ministry of Education where he was plying his trade as a consultant. The distance was short and he could navigate...

The purpose is to build awareness on an array of issues that can conspire to prevent a school from running at its optimal best. Schools by nature are anchored on hope and a creation of endless possibilities for all students. To achieve this noble...

However, taken to the context of a classroom teaching and learning environment, some students are born great, while others have to toil and sweat to achieve greatness. In every classroom generation, there is a distinct and rare gem of intellectually...

To those who may not have been paying attention to the details or are not privy to the internal dynamics of a school, the fall would send shockwaves causing everyone associated with the high-performing culture excruciating panic, fear, and...

There is absolutely no empirical evidence or justification that students in a particular environment are less teachable than those found elsewhere.Students all over the world have demonstrated the capability to respond positively to a school climate...

Teaching was in his blood stream and it could not have been an easy call to decide to sever ties with one’s 30-year-old passion and love.Leaving five years shy of the mandatory retirement age, caught by surprise many of his colleagues and well...

This is why there could be some justification as to why any discourse surrounding the performance of a school centres around the work of classroom practitioners and school principals.When it comes to accounting for learning outcomes, to the subject...

From July 2018 to the first quarter of 2019, my team and I had the experience of travelling extensively on a challenging but rewarding experiment of pushing a quick and dramatic solution to the problem of academic underachievement. At the end of the...

While there are many pockets of the world where access to education requires serious attention, issues of quality and relevance are cross cutting. This is the more reason why the world governing body - the United Nations has in its 17 Sustainable...

It is also an established fact that a school thriving on the broad shoulders of strong leaders runs the risk of losing its spark. A tragedy often strikes upon the departure of the services of leaders who the Greek philosopher Plato might describe as...