An educated and informed nation?

Or are we thinking at a tangent? These are the worst affected by the strike. A lot of harm has already been done to their education and callow minds. Within a short space of time, many of these students will have to sit their final examinations: the Standard 7s their Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE), the Form 3s their Junior Certificate Examinations and the Form 5s their Botswana General Secondary Certificate of Education (BGSCE) examinations.

Before writing the exams, they ought to have accumulated marks in continuous assessment and other coursework, which they cannot do in the present circumstances: For how can they when their teachers are on strike? This is coming in addition to what happened in the third term last year when secondary school teachers boycotted some activities, including invigilation and submission of coursework marks. As a consequence, Form 3 exams were sat under extremely trying circumstances, leading to delayed publication of results.