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ETSSP: A new hope for Botswana’s education system

Botswana’s Education and Training Sector Strategic Plan (ETSSP) ushered a new hope for our education system.

It also laid bare the challenges bedevilling the education sector in the country and more importantly created some sense of urgency to close gaps identified. ETSSP was designed to restore a sense of accountability in schools among other things.

A properly run school should never doubt its ability and power to get the teaching and learning train back on the rails. Low accountability in schools means gone are the days when a school could proudly declare that ‘the buck stops here’.

Editor's Comment
Rising abortion figures demand urgent action

Instead, they should serve as a warning to health authorities, community leaders, and policymakers that something is not right. According to the Palapye District Development Committee’s latest report, 130 abortion cases were recorded between April and June 2026.On the face of it, the overall figure may represent a decline from the preceding quarter. However, going deeper into the figures, the monthly trend tells a different and more worrying...

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