Former UB SRC presidents speak out

According to former University of Botswana (UB) SRC president, Kago Mokotedi, the standoff is impacting on the quality of tertiary education. He said the commercialisation of the tertiary education has adversely affected the issue of quality.

Mokotedi told Mmegi that the problems in the education sector are multi-faceted. He said during his time at the premier university, he had on a number of occasions clashed with school management and the notable one being when he was slapped with a suspension letter. He said they complained about the quality of lecturers at the School of Medicine and the cancellation of supplementary exams. He said students are always engaged in class boycotts and strikes because they are angry and frustrated by what is happening in the institutions of learning. Mokotedi opined that there is acute shortage of leadership at tertiary schools and ministry level because of mushrooming of ‘briefcase’ institutions.