Students wellbeing is a priority

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It is an uncomfortable truth that whilst Botswana’s education ministry sets its sights on the stars with plans for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), the foundations in school classrooms are crumbling beneath our feet.

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.

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