When Should My Child Start School?

What is the best age to send your little boy or girl to primary school?

Botswana government policy is that children can be accepted for standard one from the age of five-and-a-half.

"We want all children to start learning at an early age and we believe that five-and-half is a good age for children to start school," said Primary Education Director Fraser Tlhoiwe.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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