Our tertiary education system is falling to pieces right before our eyes. There are two reasons why it is important to note this: education involves billions of Pula of tax-payers' funds every year, and most importantly, education, especially tertiary education involves the harnessing of the most important resource, its people.Botswana is a relatively young country, consisting of a young and talented youth. Government has had a keen interest in developing this human resource by allocating a major portion of the annual budget to education. The Ministry of Education has become one of the most strategic as far as the country's short and long-term future is concerned. By investing in young people, this country is making a statement about the future. Botswana will place great effort in securing a much brighter future for the youth. However, that future remains bleak if the current stories about the chaos in the tertiary education system are anything to go by.
The Ministry of Education, only a few years ago decided that it would privatise a good portion of the tertiary education system.Unlike the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, which attempted deliberate liberalisation of the air waves in particular, and telecommunications in general after rigorous legal and policy updates, the Ministry of Education somehow fumbled its way into a privatised tertiary education regime.
