When Should My Child Start School?

Monday, January 11, 2010

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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