The genesis of stadia crisis in Africa
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 260 Views |
This is why it will be difficult to shake-off the enduring narratives about Africa being a dark continent. Welsh journalist and explorer, Henry Morton Stanley, is credited with the ‘dark continent’ view as he saw Africa as mysterious.
Africa is regarded as a continent in perpetual conflict, a continent that is the headquarters of hunger and famine and battling underdevelopment. It is a viewpoint that largely carries some truth.
The research presented at the recent Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union symposium should serve as a wake-up call to us all.We are so focused on coding, artificial intelligence, and the jobs of tomorrow that we are neglecting the basic safety and emotional well-being of the children sitting in our classrooms today.Statistics are deeply worrying. One study revealed that 34% of secondary school learners in Gaborone meet the criteria for a...