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With its added flair brought about by newly commissioned state of the art Kazungula Bridge, one could not have asked for a better venue.The Headmasters’ conference executive committee as it was traditionally called, sprang back to life following...

For a very long time, the pursuit of knowledge was the ultimate goal of our education system. But gone are the days when power and improved livelihoods simply rested on knowledge.The advent of the 21st century has rendered knowledge acquisition...

In spite of the continuing culture of academic under achievement, many schools are still caught up or entangled in a state of inertia.Year in and year out, fresh commitments are made and resources are allocated to redeem the ailing education system...

The changes were primarily predicated upon a desire to drive the Reset Agenda and improve service deliver. Some ministries have become leaner after shedding excess fats while others have grown bigger after assuming additional responsibilities. Some...

Of course there is no denying the fact that there is more than one way of transforming struggling and underachieving schools. Improving school funding, building more infrastructure, trimming the overloaded curriculum, reducing student-teacher ratio,...

Only a handful of schools boast significant academic achievement while many schools sadly continue to celebrate mediocrity and minute incremental changes. This can only mean one thing: that hitherto far too many students remain unserved.That the...

The foundation for academic success begins with successful tackling of small things. The one minor skirmish any school worth its salt cannot afford to lose is keeping order and discipline. Discipline is everything in a school setting. It defines the...

Student outcomes continue to be a source of grave concern. It is clear that our public schools require lifeline - fresh and alternative approaches. It is against this background that this column has consistently made a case for adoption of a...

Step 1 begins with collection and analysis of data. The work of a turn around leader is essentially a data driven undertaking. On assuming the reins of power in a new setting, turnaround leaders as a matter of priority dig into all forms of data...

Government, in collaboration with the European Union, demonstrated political will to crack the problem when huge investments were made in the production and development of the Education and Training Sector Strategic Plan (ETSSP) in 2014. ETSSP is...

It is common knowledge that in particular, schools have been experiencing a serious shortage of science laboratories in the last few years. Science is very critical in the realisation of the national development aspirations of creating a...

Accidental circumstances of birth should not stand in the way of students and should not have any bearing on learning outcomes. Permitting location to influence student outcomes would defeat the very purpose of education.Education is designed and...

In the last couple of years, the school was synonymous with underachievement, having consistently experienced a string of poor academic achievements.However, in a pleasant surprise, the school achieved a giant leap from position 29 to 20. While this...

This is because these institutions do everything in their powers to jealously guard their standards and cultural heritage.Sadly the same cannot be said of our public secondary schools. Let's take for example, Moeng College built in 1949 under the...

Without an appropriate diagnosis of the problem at hand, the system runs the risk of misfiring, misallocation of resources and hopping from one solution to the other without any tangible results. Professor Jaap Kuiper’s study on low student grades...