Surviving a spinal cord injury
Thursday, March 17, 2011
On this Swedish voyage serious adventure was always a prospect. The rare encounter to meet with the King and Queen of Sweden, an opportunity to interview and meet two senior Swedish ministers as well as Captains of industry.
When I looked at my schedule I salivated at the mouth-watering prospect of hobnobbing with the big shots and I almost concluded that this would be the highlight of my Swedish escapade and everything else was going to be a sideshow. I even entertained thoughts of blocking out a late appointment with Dr Claes Hulting of the Spinalis Foundation. I am glad I did not.
Whilst we join Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) and other stakeholders in commending the rise in top grades, a testament to the unwavering effort of many teachers and pupils, this progress is fundamentally shadowed by a failing that shames our society. The stark, persistent urban-rural divide is not just a statistic, but an active betrayal of thousands of young Batswana.The figures are a damning indictment. When pass rates in...