Stitch in time for education

The initial goals of this investment, as outlined by the founding president, were to ensure that Batswana are given the skills required to run the country once the colonial authorities had left office.

In Seretse Khama’s own words: “The Colonial Government failed to recognise the need to educate and train our people so they could run their own country.  We did not inherit any properly equipped institutions for vocational training even at the lowest level of artisan skills”.