We cannot help but admire their recently launched Botswana Education Fair to be held in March. The fair will certainly inform form five leavers and the working force on which career paths are marketable in Botswana. Better still potential students and their sponsors will have an opportunity to "see and compare" as all tertiary institutions will be presented under one roof. However belated this step, TEC deserves to be commended for at least appreciating finally that this arrangement needs to be in place. The only flaw however, is TEC's insistence that the fair will only be held in Gaborone. Surely having the fair only in Gaborone will be to the disadvantage of thousands of students in other areas.
It certainly would make sense for TEC to take the fair to other major centres, from where it may be easier for students to attend the fair. Needless to say, if the fair is held in Gaborone only, students would need to travel hundreds of kilometres to Gaborone. Once in the city - if ever they make it, they will need to find accommodation, all of which can be very expensive. We have in the past commented about the fate of students who sleep in bus stops and halls while they await sponsorship letters from the government.
