Education expenditure
Friday, February 14, 2020
Investing in education isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s smart economics” Yoka Brandt. Developed countries have since time immemorial ensured that they pump money into education. We have however, only recently got epiphanized.
In the recent past, we have seen large amounts of money being allocated to education in the national budget: 2017-P6.80 billion; 2018-P7.97 billion; 2019-P8.2 billion; 2020-P9.01 billion, totalling 31.98 billion!
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...