Students petition Ngaka over allowances

Tetiary students want more money PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Tetiary students want more money PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

A national tertiary students representative body has written to the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology demanding a review of students' allowances.

The Botswana National Union of Students (BONUS) wants the students’ allowances to be increased from P1,400 to P2,000.

In the letter dated April 10, 2018 addressed to the ministry’s permanent secretary, copied to the Minister, Ngaka Ngaka and his deputy Fidelis Molao, BONUS says that their demand is influenced by the high cost of living.

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